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oTreftain't.rof T'T'" °' ''''''' '''' ''''' ^^^-^'^'^^^ °' *'- gr.c.Mne.s and beauty 

 by Eastern nl,t. ^T^: """ ''"""-" *''^ breeding-season, which are coveted alike 



"eit ' or Z " ) " " "°"""- '"'^ '"^^''"-^ "^ ^l-'^^'"" -- those known as 



ouT 'uses son eo/'ir'' " °T"''' ' "^' ''"" ''"""■*'°"' '^^ P^f-'^-" ^^-^'t- P-^t. 

 reiinrof t e fe t ""' ^bomznable cruelty practised in the ani.nal world." The 



and pfofeLr W ^^% ^^ .^^ ^^^S^r be excused; for Hir WiUia.n Flower in England, 

 and liofessor \\ . E. D. fecott nr America, have given the greatest publicity to the horrible 



h :; iC e:;:t 1"' """" ^^-'^^'^ '^^^ ^'^^^^^^-^^^ ^^^y ^^^ -- --* t' gather in thi 

 harvest. Ihe eg ets, however, are not the o.ly victims, as a glance at the milhners' windows 

 wih show, the distorted and mangled bodies of almost ever? known species of the ^ 



Photo by Dr. R. W. Shv/ddt] 



[ IVasliinyton^ 



GREEN HEKON. 

 This is a North American bird of skullving and nocturnal habits. 



birds being therein displayed ! jNIany of those who wear these '• ornaments ' offend unwittingly ; 

 it is certain that if they realised the suffering and waste of life that this method of decoration 

 entails they would eschew any but ostrich feathers for ever. 



The Cattle-egret, better known as the Bqff-backed Hebon, breeds in the southern 

 portion of the Spanish Peninsula, where from March to autumn it is very common in the 

 marshes of Andalusia, thousands congregating there, herding with the cattle, from the backs of 

 which they may be often seen piicking off the ticks ; hence the Spaniards give them a name 

 meaning " cattle-cleaners." 



The Night-herons are comparatively small birds, and derive their name from their habit 

 of turning night into day, waking up only as the shades of evening fall to hunt for food ; 

 only during the breeding-feason is this habit broken tlirough, when they are obliged to hunt 



