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rushes, OD aider-bushes, and occasionally on the roofs of detached 

 houses. She generally lays two feggs of a green ash-oolor, spotted 

 with brown. 



Cranes live chiefly on slugs, worms, frogs, grain, and herbs 

 which grow in the fields, or in marshy situations. In winter they 

 resort in crowds to Egypt and the warmer parts of India, la 



111 ir expeditions they fly exceedingly elevated in the air, forming 

 an angular shape. When the wind freshens, or when an eagle 

 ap^-roaches, they assume the form of a circle. They take their 

 journeys chiefly in the night, and as they advance, utter loud and 

 discordant screams. 



The Heron The ardea major, or Common Heron, has a 



black crest hanging down from the back part of the head, the 



