e to look outfor their parents. They are terribly afraid of being caught, and if by chanceany one comes that way—and the Indian thinks young heron as nice as pigeon—they scramble out of the way as fast as they can, and hide themselvesamong the mud. The common heron is the most familiar of its… … THE UKtAT UUlit iih.k(JN-. The upper part of the neck is of a light grey, and the wings have areddish tinge. The under part of the plumage is pure white, marked onthe front of the breast with large black spots. 2 24 ST0J?7jES about BIRDS. The herons are birds of passage, and their going and coming…
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