HERALDIC SCIENCE. 



the heron, or the stork ; conjugal affection by the dove ; eloquence by the 

 parrot ; long and laborious old age by the swan ; and self-devotion by the 

 pelican, which was believed by the ancients to nourish its young with the 



Fig. 245. Alfonso X., King of Castile (1252 1284). A Pelican opening its side to nourish the 

 Young. Motto, " Pro lege et grege." 



flesh of its own breast, and which is represented (see Fig. 245) upon its nest, 

 with extended wings, tearing its breast and brooding over its young. In the 

 language of heraldry the drops of blood which the pelican draws from its 



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Fig. 246. Robert of Anjou, King of Naples 

 (1309 1343). A Swallow bringing Food 

 to its Young. Motto, " Concordia regni." 



Fig. 247. William, Prince of Orange (1572 

 J584). A IL'.lcyon placing its Nest in the 

 Sea, and above it the Monogram of Christ. 

 Motto, "Scevis tranquillua in undis." 



breast are called piety, when they are of a different enamel from the bird. 

 Thus the house of Lecamus has gules (shield on a red ground), with pelican 

 argent, vulning itself yules, in its eyrie ; the chief seamed azure, charged with a 



