THE LITTLE GREEN HERON 



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States, wherever timber is plentiful. In many localities of 

 the middle West and the Mississippi Valley from which the 

 great blue heron is now absent, this is the only heron to be 



N. Y. Zoological Park. 



GREAT BLUE HERON. 



found; and away from the Atlantic coast it is the most 

 famiUar member of its Order. 



Its body is about as large as that of a sparrow hawk, and 

 when in a crouching attitude it is a very proper-looking bird. 

 With its neck stretched, however, and its head held high, the 

 body seems much too small, and the neck makes the bird 



