Ul/f 
/J Rye Beach, N. II. 1868. 
Bittern. —On Dec. 11, 1881, I obtained a tine 
Bittern, < Botaurus len Hr/inosux.) which rose from 
some rank grass on a piece of boggy ground I 
was passing over. Examination showed that one 
wing had been broken but was entirely healed, 
j This, perhaps, may explain why it was detained 
f until so late in the season.— S. Albert Shaw, Hamp¬ 
ton , N. If. Q.& O. X. Feb. 1885. p. 3d. 
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