digestion on a bough, a post, or the back of some 

 ruminant ; this latter site is, however, in my experience, 

 much less frequented by this bird than by the Buff- 

 backed Egret. I find the Little Egret somewhat 

 delicate in confinement, but very tame and careless of 

 observation. 



The sketch for the Plate was taken from life in the 

 aviary at Lilford. 



