586 REPTILES AND BIRDS. 
bird, from not being gifted with the same powers of wing, was 
unavoidably overtaken with much greater ease, although, when not 
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Fig. 274.—Heron Hawking. 
overloaded with food, it occasionally managed to escape. Still it 
always defended itself with energy, and the blows of its formidable 
bill were often fatal to its pursuer. In heron hawking (Fig. 274) 
