USEFUL BIRDS 



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THE BLUE HERON. 



Another of our wading" birds, wrongly referred to frequently 

 as "Crane." The cranes, be it said, are rather birds of the plains 

 and prairies — not of wooded sections, where we find these fisher- 

 men abundantly represented. Its food consists of frogs and fish. 

 but grasshoppers and field mice are not scorned. Like the king- 

 fisher, it may become destructive when frequenting" the ponds of 

 the fish-breeder. 



