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Sandhill Crane 

 Group 



Brown Pelican 

 Group 



The sandhill crane l)iiil(ls its nest of reeds in 1 he watei-. I'lilike 1 he 

 hei-onsjn this i-esi)eet. it (hlTei's also in its maimer of fli^lit, 

 :d\vays st ret('hin<>; its neck well ont when on the winji;. ( Ke- 

 l)ro(lueed from studies on the Kissinunee Prairies of 



Florida.) 



Pelican Island on the In- 

 dian River of Florida has 



been made a reservation by 

 the United Staters 

 Govormnent and 

 these grotesque 



birds may now breed there 



undisturbed. The view shows 



a section of the island at the 



heio;ht of the' nesting season. 



Notwithstanding the hundreds 



of young birds that are 



clamoring for food, observa- 

 tion has shown that the parent 



bird can pick out its own off- 

 spring with unfailing accuracy. 



(Reproduced from studies 



at Pelican Island, Florida.) 

 This beautiful bird has been 

 brought to the 

 verge of extinc- 

 tion in this coun- 

 try through the 



use of its '' aigrette plumes " for 



millinery purposes, and is now 



confined to a few protected 



rookeries of the South. The 



birds have these plumes only 



during the nesting season, at 



which time the death of the 



parent means the starvation of 



the young. (Reproduced from 



studies in a rookery of South 



Carohna.) 



The turkey vulture or buzzard is one of the best known birds of the 

 South where it performs a valuable service in acting as the 



Snowy Heron 

 or Egret 

 Group 



A PORTION OF THE EGRET GROUP 



As shown here the birds carry their plumes only dur- 

 ing the nesting season; killing the parents means the 

 slow starvation of the young. 



Turkey Vulture 

 Group 



scavenger of the streets. On this account it is protected 

 by law and by public sentiment and has become both abun- 



