LITTLE HERON. 591 



of its having been killed here : three specimens, 

 however, were shot in Devonshire during the year 

 1 808, one of which was a female ; and in the 

 winter of 1805, one was killed at Sunda, one of 

 the Orkney islands. 



The eggs are deposited in a kind of nest, con- 

 sisting of a few dried leaves and rushes; they 

 are about the size of those of a Blackbird ; are 

 five or six in number, and white. The nourish- 

 ment of this bird consists of small fishes, frogs and 

 their fry, insects, and worms. 



One of the above-mentioned Devonshire spe- 

 cimens of this bird is in the British Museum. 



