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Shore and Wetlands Neighbors	Image ID 401817

American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus)
Hand-colored lithograph by Edward Lear from his painting
From: John Gould, The Birds of Europe. Vol. 4 of 5 (London, 1837)
NYPL, Rare Books Division, Stuart Collection

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