COMMON HERON. 
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plumes of the neck, breast, and back, elon- 
gated into narrow points during the breeding 
season ; head generally crested. 
Types, A. cinerea, herodias, &c. Cosmopolite. 
Note . — Often gregarious during the season of 
incubation. Breed on trees. 
THE COMMON HERON. 
Ardea cinerea . — LlNN£US. 
VIGNETTE. 
Ardea cinerea, Linn . — Heron ccndr£, Temm «Jc^-Common 
Heron of British authors. 
This beautiful bird, and picturesque accompa- 
niment, either to the finished park or wild land- 
scape, is very generally distributed over the British 
Islands. When the sport of hawking was in 
reputation, the Heron was a chosen bird to fly at ; 
it held a place in the game laws, and its capture 
or destruction was severely punished. By a few 
it was esteemed for the table, and by those who 
believed in the “ mysteries” of angling, its fat 
was sought after as an ingredient in the pastes 
and compositions, prepared as baits for that pur- 
