Class II. 



CRANE HERON. 



nion on each wing; they are unwebbed, and 

 finely curled at the ends, which the birds have 

 power to erect or depress ; when depressed they 

 hang over and cover the tail. Gesner tells us, 

 that these feathers used in his time to be set in 

 gold, and worn as ornaments in caps. Though 

 this species seems to have forsaken these islands 

 at present, yet it was formerly not uncommon, 

 as we find in IVillughhy, p. 52. that there was 

 a penalty of twenty-pence for destroying an egg 

 of this bird j and Turner relates, that he has 

 very often seen their young in our marshes. 

 Marsig/i^ says, that the crane lays two eggs 

 like those of a goose, but of a bluish color, 



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