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LEAST BITTERN 



inch of the knees, middle claw pectinated ; toes tinged with pale 

 green ; feet large, the span of the foot measuring two inches and 

 three quarters. Male and female nearly alike in color. The 

 young birds are brown on the crown and back. The stomach 

 was filled with small fish ; and the intestines, which were extremely 

 slender, measured in length about four feet. 



The Least Bittern is also found in Jamaica and several of 

 the West India islands. 



