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ECONOMIC RELATIONS OF OUR BIRDS. 
It is rarely indeed now that we hear that cry, which only a Crane can make, 
come down through the still air from a mere mote floating in the sun, high 
above the clouds. 
Food: “ Sandhill Cranes stalk over the prairies to spear them (grasshoppers) 
by the thousands” (Coues). Am. Nat., Vol. VIII, p. 282. 
Family ARDEID.®]: Heeons. 
Fia. 144. 
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias). From Tenney’s Zoology. 
228. Ardfa herodias, Linn. GREAT BLUR HERON. Group II. Class c. 
The Great Blue Heron is a common summer resident throughout the state, 
nnd is often, though incorrectly, called the Blue Crane. Its favorite resorts are 
slow streams and muddy lakes. Here it is known as an expert fislierman, who 
finds a ready market at no more distant port than his own capacious stomach, 
