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EGRET, LITTLE 
ARDEA GarzeTTa, Lin. 
This is one of the most elegant, as well as one 
of the smallest, of the Heron tribe. Its colour is 
of the purest white, and on the head, breast, and 
shoulders it is adorned with soft silky flowing 
plumes, which give the bird a beauty quite pecu- 
liar to itself. These delicately formed feathers are 
six to eight inches in length, with slender shafts, 
twisted and bent down towards their tips. The Little 
Egret is found in various parts of Asia, Africa, and 
the south of Europe, and is known to migrate 
northward as far as Germany. In England it is 
merely an accidental visitor. It is said to build 
in marshes. The female lays four or five white 
egos. 
FALCON, GYR FALCON, 
GREENLAND, OR ICELAND FAucon. 
Fatco Istanpicus, Penn. 
Under the appellation of Gyr or Jer Falcon 
there appear to have been two distinct species 
taken in England, one being named the Green- 
land Faleon, and the other the Iceland Faleon, 
