﻿BIRDS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  

  

  249 
  

  

  American 
  bittern 
  brooding 
  and 
  defending 
  young. 
  

  

  Photo 
  by 
  E. 
  G. 
  Tabor) 
  

  

  (From 
  Bird-Lore. 
  

  

  