Botauras lentiginosus . 
Concor&, Mass. Seen pumping. 
18S9. puffed out and drawn in very like a Prog's. When pumping he 
May 12. threw his head forward and back but not at all forcibly. I 
(2). could not see his breast. When not pumping or snapping he 
stood erect and still his bill pointing upward at an angle of 
about 45 degrees. Early in the afternoon I heard a 
deep, low croaking at sound and running out saw three 
Bitterns flying low over the river past the cabin in company. 
They turned and went off over the woods on the W.Bedford side 
of the river. As a rule the Bitterns fly with the head and 
neck extended but these birds had their heads drawn in like 
Night Herons. Cf. note under April 25. 
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