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Slende IV flesh ’ co,ored bi " tipped with bIack ' longer than the h «>d. 
bove Quaker gray, with an iridescent lustre, spotted and 
streaked with black. White eye line. White below, dotted with 
black ; feet flesh-colored. S. R. 
Spotted Sandpiper. See page 133. 
(b) *Long-legged, Long-necked, Long-billed, Large Birds; Living 
in Wooded Swamps 
Long black crest, the two longest feathers of which are shed in the 
summer moult. Upper parts and tail bluish slate, below black 
and white streaked, forehead and crown white. Bill yellow and 
dusky; feet and legs dark. (Very large Heron, often four feet 
long.) S. R. 
Great Blue Heron. See page 133. 
Head with lengthened crest.- Above dark glossy green, sometimes with 
an iridescence. Edging of wing coverts reddish. Neck a rich 
shade of chestnut, with purplish wash ; white streak on the 
throat; under parts whitish, shading to ash below. S. R. 
Green Heron. See page 134. 
Above either dull or greenish black; tail, wings, and neck grayish. 
Throat and forehead whitish. Below livid white. Crest of three 
long white feathers often rolled into one. Bill black- legs vel- 
low. S. R. 
Black-crowned Night Heron. See page 135. 
(c) Water Birds 
Ducks. See page 133. 
OFP -SHORE BIRDS SEEN IN FLOCKS ON SANDBARS AND BEACHES AT LOW TIDE 
Above grayish blue or gull-blue,” head and tail lighter; white below. 
Bill yellow, feet flesh-color. R. 
American Herring Gull. See page 139. 
Bill long, coral-red at base, black toward end, and tipped with yellow. 
Upper head and back of neck black. Entire back and wings light 
gray with a bluish wash. Tail coverts, most of tail, and wing 
linings white; below white and gray. Legs and feet light red 
S. R. 
Common Tern. See page 140. 
Stout-bodied Diving Birds of Fresh and Salt Water 
Bill black, edged with yellowish. Head, throat, and neck iridescent 
green, blue, and purplish. Triangular patches of black and white 
streaks on either side of the throat, almost joining at the back, 
and narrowing in front. Sides of breast streaked with black and 
white; under parts white. W. V. 
Loon. See page 141. 
♦The Snowy Heron from whose wedding plumage the “ Egrets” of the Milliners 
are made, belongs to this family, see page 143. 
