Plate VII. 



AMERICAN BITTERN. 



Length, 2800 inches. A black streak on neck ; body brown and buff ; pri- 

 maries slate-color. 



SORA. 

 Length, 850 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, and breast white, washed with brownish. 



