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red, the beak black with a yellow 
base, and the legs and feet yellow. 
They sleep in daytime and feed 
during the evenings and nights. 
Phew food consists of aquatic in- 
sects, worms and small fish. The 
genus has world wide distribution 
ranging from Europe to the South 
Seas. 
MATU'U. 
The Heron. 
(Ardea sacra) 
There are some 70 species of this 
family, met with in all parts of the 
globe and at almost all habitable 
elevations. 
In the same order of Herodiones 
are the Bitterns, Storks, Cranes and 
Ibises. 
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