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A DESCRIPTION OP 
thers, and of a greyish hue ; so are the thighs, which seem 
to be as slender as the leg. 
THE HERON. (Ardea major.) 
THE habits of the Heron are peculiar. Perched on a 
stone, or the stump of a tree, by the solitary current of a 
brook, his neck and long beak half buried between his 
shoulders, he will wait the whole day long, patiently and 
unmoved, for the passing of a small fish, or the hopping of 
a frog ; but his appetite is insatiable. 
