of an Orchid Hunter 



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which is called in Spanish Palo dc Aguja, is one 

 of the divers, having the body black and the long 



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THE LITTLE EGRET, 



neck covered with a peculiar ashy-coloured down ; 

 the long, snake-like neck tapering to the fineness of a 

 penknife at the end of the beak. I shot some of 

 both species, and they proved excellent food. 



