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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.