A Colony of Herons 
of ‘‘night’’ heron. The long distance they 
thus travel daily to the coast is evidently a mat- 
ter of small moment for their great wings. 
Their preference is strongly for the south shore, 
although the distance to the north shore is only 
six miles, which probably does not afford so 
plentiful a supply of food. Besides fish and 
frogs they have side dishes of shrimps, tadpoles, 
water lizards, crustacea, etc. 
As the same nest occasionally contains fresh 
and partly incubated eggs, as well as chicks fully 
hatched, it looks as though the proprietors 
sometimes sublet a corner in the room, or as if 
some of the herons had the effrontery to camp 
down in their neighbors’ home without an in- 
vitation, as relatives will sometimes do. This 
so mixes up the domestic arrangements, that it 
is no wonder that serious misunderstandings 
arise between families, when they do not hesitate 
to express their minds with utmost freedom. 
For a few minutes perfect quiet will reign 
throughout the swamp, when some such private 
squabble in a single nest will start a wave of 
irascibility that spreads like vocal wildfire 
throughout the whole camp. 
There is another similar community of herons 
at the eastern end of Long Island, and numer- 
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