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1870, 
June 27* 
Sept;.2-1^^ 
1878. 
July 2, 
1876. 
June 18, 
1881, 
Nov. 5. : 
Botaurus lontiginosus. 
Hoard tho stake—driving note of a Bittern across 
the widest part of the Bay at Hiannis, a distance of 
about a mile and a half. 
Common about all the ponds and streams near the 
Porks of the Kennebec, Maine. Several that we shot 
at at long range , did not move. Wo found them very 
good eating. 
Saw a pair (Nantucket). 
Saw one on the road between Ringe and Grafton,N.H, 
Started-one from beach grass on Sandhills (Philips 
Beach,Mass.), 
