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LEAST BITTERN. 
inch of the knees ; midde 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 of 
the above described 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. 
In the month of September this species becomes very fat, and 
is then excellent eating. 
