N. C. GEOLOGICAL AND ECONOMIC SURVEY. 



PLATE B. 







1. Collecting a nest, with nearly grown young, of Great Blue Heron. Great Lake, 



Craven County. 



(Photo by H. H. Brimley.) 



2. Young Black Skimmer crouching and hiding in bunch of seaweed. Note the protective colora- 

 tion. Royal Shoal, Pamlico Sound. 



(Photo by H. H. Brimley.) 



