LITTLE EGRET 



EGRET HERON. 



PLATE CLIX. FIGURE I. 

 Ardea garzetta, LINNAEUS. 



THIS species, which is also a rare accidental visitor to 

 England, breeds in marshy places, either on the ground 

 among reeds, or on the top of a willow stump or on the 

 branches of a low tree, about half-a-dozen feet from the 

 ground. The nest is made of dry sticks and rushes, flags, 

 reeds, and grass ; the latter being placed inside. 



The eggs are three to six in number, and of a pale 

 bluish green colour. 



Only one brood is reared in the season. 



