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The food of the Heron consists of fish, frogs and 

 molluscs, both aquatic and terrestrial. One of these birds 

 has been known to empty an aquarium stocked with Gold- 

 fish, and almost paid for his larceny with his liberty, for 

 the gardener almost caught him before he could fly away, 

 which he could only do after running with flapping wings 

 for a distance of several yards. 



When kept in confinement the Heron is usually pinioned, 

 but this should only be done when the birds are quite 

 young and the bone is rather gristle than hardened into 

 true osseous tissue. 



THE HERRING GULL See under Gulls. 



THE HOBBY. See under Hawks. 



THE HOODED CROW. See Crow (Carrion). 



THE HOODED MEW. See Gull (Black-headed). 



THE HOOPOE AND THE ROLLER. 



These are two very rare summer visitors from Asia and 

 Northern Africa that would, doubtless, be much oftener 

 seen were it not for the deplorable habit that prevails of 

 shooting every one of them that makes its appearance in 

 our midst, though very often after the murder has been 

 perpetrated the carcass of the victim is thrown away, the 

 shooter recoiling from the expense incidental to its preser- 

 vation. The Hoopoe is so well depicted in the illustration 

 that a full verbal description becomes unnecessary, and 

 it will be sufficient to say that the prevailing colours of 

 the plumage are fawn and black. 



The Roller is not, properly speaking, a British bird at 



