LITTLE EGEET. 



EGRET HERON. 



PLATE CLIX. FIG. I. 



Ardea garzetta, PENNANT. MONTAGU. 



THIS species, like the others, 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 four or five, or six, in number, and, one account says, 

 of the same white colour as the bird, or another, of a pale bluish 

 green colour. 



The figure on the plate is from an egg in Mr. Smith's collection, 

 which was procured by Mr. Hoy. 



