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were very close together, being only a few feet apart. In the nests were found 

 both eggs and young. The eggs were blue, and four was the prevailing number 

 in each nest. A very few sets of five were noticed. May 2 seemed to be the very 

 height of the hatching period. Probably a third of the eggs were hatched, and 

 none of the young were more than a few days old on this date. The young have 



YOUXG LITTLE BLUE HERONS 



considerable white down on them when hatched. After examining the rookery 

 to our satisfaction, we made a few kodak pictures of the nests and their contents. 

 During our little stay, the young kept up an almost continuous noise which 

 reminded one of the squawks of the old birds, although not nearly so loud. On 

 our approach the parent birds had taken flight and had retreated to the cypress 

 trees in the edge of the lake. A few, however, kept flying over the rookery utter- 

 ing their alarm notes. A few white (immature) Herons were among the adults, 

 and a few that were changing from the immature plumage to that of the adult. 



