Lewis: August 25, 1804

August the 25th on our return from the mound of sperits saw the first bats
that we had observed since we began to ascend the Missouri

also saw on our return on the Creek that passes this mound about 2 M.
distant S. a bird of heron kind as large as the Cormorant short tale long
leggs of a colour on the back and wings deep copper brown with a shade of
red. we could not kill it therefore I can not describe it more
particularly.