NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



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190. AMERICAN BITTEKN. Botaurus lentigirwsus (Montag.) Geog. Dist.— 

 Temperate North America, south to Guatemala and the West Indies. 



This noted bird is known by various names, such as Indian Hen, Stake Driver, 

 Bog-bull, and Thunder Pump. It inhabits the entire temperate North America, north 



AuERXCAN Bittern. (From a mounted specimen.) 



