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being so retarded that, although it was June 13th, 

 they were as yet only in blossom. 38 The compara- 

 tive absence of foliage permitted one to have a far 

 better view of what was going on above than if 

 the trees had been thickly leaved, and on entering 





38. Five Herons' nests in swamp inaple, at an average height of seventy 

 feet. The upper right-hand nest with young shown in Nos. 41 and 42. 



the rookery our attention was at once attracted by 

 the nearly grown Herons, who, old enough to leave 

 the nest, had climbed out on the adjoining limbs. 

 There, silhouetted against the sky, they crouched in 

 family groups of two, three, and four. 39 



Other broods, inhabitants of more thickly leaved 



