TWO HERONS 



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l)piiig so i'(!tarcle(l tliat, altliongh it was June Dith, 

 tlioy were as yot only in l)lossom.'" The compara- 

 tive absence of foliage permitted one to have a far 

 better view of what was going on above than if 

 the trees had been thickly leaved, and on entering 



38. livti Herons' nests in swamp mnple, at an aveiase height of su\enty 

 feet. The upper riglit-liaml nest with yoinif; sliown hi Nc.s. 41 and 42. 



the rookery our attention was at once attracted by 

 the nearly grown Herons, who, old enough to leave 

 the nest, had climbed out on the adjoining limbs. 

 There, silhouetted against the sky, they crouched in 

 family groups of two, three, and four.^" 



Other broods, inhabitants of more thickly leaved 



