Botaurus lentiglnosus . 
Conoorcl, Mass 
H 1893. ( limp ) it was opened very wide and drought abruptly down to 
May 14. a little below the horizontal again. The bird did not length- 
(No.2). en his neck nor his crouching attitude perceptibly while pump¬ 
ing. Indeed the motions which accompanied the sound were 
much less energetic and pronounced than those which I have 
observed on former occasions. The position when at rest was 
about thus:- / P>v^r- s I could not see the breast distinctly. 
