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AMERICAN BITTERNS Two of a brood of four birds about one week old, at which age they showed no fear of man Photographed from nature by E. H. Tabor, Meridian, N. Y. , May 31, 1898 '.mm AMERICAN BITTERNS The four members of the brood, of which two are shown above, about two weeks old, when they showed marked fear of man Photographed from nature by F. M. Chapman, Meridian, N. Y., June 8, 1898