VOL. XIII.] BITTERN IN THE NORFOLK BROADS. 11 



feeding-ground really belonged to another Bittern, and both 

 frequented it together. 



The nestling Bittern is the quaintest little bird imaginable. 







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ro a; 



When two days old he is about four inches high and his cloth- 

 ing consists of a filmy garment of golden-brown down. His- 

 head seems to consist of two large blue eyes surmounted by 



