TWO HERONS 



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being so retarded that, althougli it was June loth, 

 they were as yet only in blossom."^ The compara- 

 tive absence of foliage permitted one to have a far 

 better view of what was going on above tlian if 

 the trees had been thickly leaved, and on entering 



si n ions nests i i i il t i i 1 It t t 



Ic'ut. Ihc uppel ll4jlit-liaiul nu>t with jt'^i'i^^ >liu\\ u in ?S(i>. 41 and 4.;. 



the rookery onr attention was at once attracted by 

 the nearly grown Herons, who, old enough to leaA'e 

 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, inhaliitants of more thickly leaved 



