DCHP-3

marsh bittern

Maritimes
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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n.

the American bittern, Botaurus lentiginosus.

Quotations

1823
The following catalogue contains a list of the known birds of the Province . . . Marsh Bittern. . . .
1905
. . . the dull, booming calls of the marsh bittern floated up out of a distant valley stream.