LITTLE EGRET. 



LITTLE EGRET. 



EGRET HERON. 



PLATE CLIX. FIGURE I. 



Ardea garzdta, PENNANT. MONTAGU. 



r I ^HIS 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. 



