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having the long tail feathers red; and the third 
family is that of Tacuyrrtip#, or the Frigate Birds, of 
which we possess both species—Z: aguila from 
the Island of Ascension, and Z: minor, killed at 
Moreton Island, Australia. 
We now come to a very interesting group of birds, 
forming Order nine, HERODLONES, and containing 
the Herons, Storks, and Ibises, estimated at about 134 
species. ‘The type of the first family 1s our familar 
Heron (Ardea cinerea), which is found throughout — 
Europe, Africa, and Asia, extending to Japan and 
Australia ; an example from China will be seen in ~ 
the collection. There are several other representa- 
tives of this large sub-family, notably a beautiful white- 
fronted Heron (4rdea nove-holiancie) from Cape 
York, a white-necked Heron (A. factfica), and some 
pretty small species from India and China. ‘The first 
bird to attract our attention in 
Case XIl. 
is the Little Egret (Avda garzettz), which has a 
melancholy interest, it being one of the birds so 
cruelly persecuted by the world of fashion, who covet 
its beautiful nuptial plumes, called ‘‘ Ospreys” in the 
feather trade, for the adornment of thet persons. 
‘here are several species of these birds, all alike 
beautiful, found in different parts of the world, and 
endowed with that fatal gift of drooping filmy 
plumage, which at a certain period of the year 
renders them so conspicuous. 
After the Egrets are the Bitterns and Night Herons, 
One species of the former was formerly common in 
this county, and is still met with every winter; the 
Night Heron is a rarer but almost regular visitant in 
spring or summer; both genera have a wide distribu- 
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