little after noon and the sun bright and warm, but the birds 

 were fishing quietly and rather lazily in the little pools left 

 by the tide. They w^ould pick up an occasional fiddler as 

 they walked slowly about, then pause for a moment and 

 strike and swallow a small fish. This was done in a manner 

 different from any other heron, and I have observed them 

 all. The patient v;atching of the Green "Skowk", the fid- 

 getty hurry of the Louisiana Heron, the dignified pose and 

 lightning stroke of the Great Blue, the two Egrets, and the 

 Small Blue Heron are all different. These birds paused v/ith- 

 out any show of excitement, but rigid as a pointer on a 

 covey; the neck began to straighten almost imperceptibly, 

 gradually advancing the short (for a heron), thick, and slightly 

 curved beak with a deadly aim, for I never saw them miss, 

 and the next instant they were swallowing their catch before 

 you could well realize how they got it. The birds were in 

 summer plum.age of the first year, upper parts nearly solid 

 violaceous gray, lower parts several shades lighter. After 

 studying them for some ten minutes I showed myself and 

 they took wing, alighting in some green trees at a distance. 



Noveniher 3, 1905. At this same place I v/as watching a 

 flock of Sanderlings and Ring Plovers, w^hen they suddenly 

 took flight, and looking up I sav/ a fine Goshawk {Astur 

 Atracapillus) flying off in apparent disappointm.ent. This 

 bird was in the brown plumage of the young and was the 

 first that I had seen in four years. 



October 17, 1905. Had the good fortune to observe two 

 Bald Eagles catching their own fish — a very unusual sight. 

 From the steamer Thistle, on Winyah Bay, I had been watch- 

 ing the pair with a very fine glass which I always carry for 

 this purpose. Schools of mullets were jumping in every 

 direction. The eagles, which were "gray", i. e. in the plum- 

 age of the third year, suddenly changed their flight and 

 came sailing with bowed wings towards the water, being 

 near enough to the boat to make the glasses unnecessary. 

 Instead of the arrow-like swoop with which they would have 



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