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BIRDS FADING DIAGRAM 4 



Heron, 



as high on the trees 

 as they can, and prefer 

 the summits of poplars. 

 The heron has large 

 wings ; its flight is 

 powerful, and it can 

 soar very high. When 

 it is pursued by a bird 

 of prey, this is its 

 means of escape, and 

 it tries to rise above it. 

 It is also extremely 

 patient when it watches 

 for its prey on the edge 

 of the water, and re- 

 mains there for hours 

 without stirring. 



The feathers of which head-dresses are made, are procured 

 from a small white species of heron, called the Egret, which is 

 found in America, and which likes to perch on the horns and 

 back of buffaloes and oxen. 



The storh also feed on mulluscs, which they fish for in the 

 waters; but instead of being wild like the 

 herons, they seem to like the society of man : 

 they make long journeys like the cranes to seek 

 for a warmer climate during the winter, and 

 they return in spring to build their nest in 

 houses and chimneys. They are often seen in 

 the towns and villages of Holland and Alsatia, 

 where they even arrange places for them when 

 Stork. making the roofs; every house is glad to 

 possess a nest of storks, and they take care not to do them the 

 least injury. They are never hunted and never caught, and it 

 is noticed that the same couple returns every year to take 

 possession of the same nest. They are very rare in England. 



