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REPTILES AND BIRDS. 



bird, from not being gifted with the same powers of wing, was 

 unavoidably overtaken with much greater ease, although, when not 



Fig. 274. — Heron Hawking. 



overloaded with food, it occasionally managed to escape. Still it 

 always defended itself with energy, and the blows of its formidable 

 bill were often fatal to its pursuer. In heron hawking (Fig. 274) 



