PLATE VII. 



AMERICAN BITTERN. 



Length, 28'00 inches. A black streak on neck ; body brown and buff ; pri- 

 maries slate-color. 



SORA. 



Length, 8'50 inches. Adult, upper parts olive-brown, black, and white ; 

 throat and face black, breast slate, belly white, flanks black and white. 

 Young, similar, but face, throat, nnd breast white, washed with brownish. 



99 



