OF BIRDS a's 
as he c can, that he may continue mene and 
‘out of the reach of the Falcon. 
‘They frequently both ef them foar or rile a~ 
“mong the clouds, beyond our ‘fight. Sometimes: — 
the Faleon ftrikes the Heron, and he falls wounded 
to the ground, and fometimes the Heron pierces 
the Falcon through with his bill. | 
_ Herons have been colle&ed together in num- 
bers, and have built their nefts in high trees by 
the water fide... [his colleQion of them is called 
aHeronry. Their nefts are large, compofed of 
flicks, dry grafs, and rufhes, and lined with fea= . 
thers or wool. 
They lay four or five eggs. 
Whilft the female fits, the male ee her 
with food ; ‘fith are frequently feen under the tree, 
~~ that have fallen from the neft; and the male pafles 
‘much of his time perched on the tree near the 
neft. = 
Though the Heron be very fallen, and when 
taken old he refufes food, yet if caught young he is 
~ eafily tamed, and gets rat; and may be taught to 
move about his neck, and fhew fome figns of fond- 
_ nefs to thofe who take notice of him. 
The Heron takes many frogs, and f{wallows 
pen whole. In the winter, when he can only 
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