137. LEAST BITTERN. 13 in.
(Ardetta exilis. 191.)
Crown, with back, tail and upper half of wings, shining greenish-black; rest of wing shows buff and bright chestnut; throat and baggy breast, whitish, shading into yellowish-brown on sides of neck, and chestnut on back of neck; buffy white below; tufts of dark feathers on either side of breast; yellow eye. [Green Heron.]
138. GREEN HERON. 17 in.
(Butorides virescens. 201.)
Wings and back dark green, latter tinged with blue-gray; crown, greenish-black; neck and breast, rich reddish brown; throat and line down middle of neck to breast whitish, ending in light streaks on breast; the smallest heron; carries neck curved in flight; squawking note, “scow.” [Least Bittern.]
139. SORA. 8-1/2 in.
(Porzana carolina. 214.)
Olive-brown with lengthwise markings of black and some white; short tail turned up, showing buffy white underside; sides barred posteriorily with white; front of head and throat, black; slaty line over eye; sides of neck and breast, grayish slate; bill short and yellowish; legs long. Young: No black; throat whitish and brown on breast; very stealthy; skulks and crouches in grass.