. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains; a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush . the fashion, increases thedemand, and leads to the further killing of birds in constantlyincreasing numbers. Hence all who wear the plumes aredirectly responsible for the slaughter of the birds. Length, 40 ; wing, 15 (14-17); tail, 6 ; tarsus, 6 ; culmen, 4^5. Tem-perate and tropical America; breeding north to Illinois and New Jersey,straying to New Brunswick and Mani-toba, and wintering from Florida toPatagonia. 8. Snowy Heron (197. Ardeacandidlssima). — A small, beaut
. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains; a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush . the fashion, increases thedemand, and leads to the further killing of birds in constantlyincreasing numbers. Hence all who wear the plumes aredirectly responsible for the slaughter of the birds. Length, 40 ; wing, 15 (14-17); tail, 6 ; tarsus, 6 ; culmen, 4^5. Tem-perate and tropical America; breeding north to Illinois and New Jersey,straying to New Brunswick and Mani-toba, and wintering from Florida toPatagonia. 8. Snowy Heron (197. Ardeacandidlssima). — A small, beauti-ful, crested, pure white heron,with about fifty recurved, ai-grette plumes on the back dur-ing the breeding season. Thebill and legs are black, and thelores and feet yellow. Becom-ing exceedingly rare, becausekilled, like No. 7, in the breed-ing season. (Snowy Egret.) Length, 20-27 ; wing, 9| (8^10|) ;tail, 4; tarsus, 3f; culmen, 2-3^.Temperate and tropical America; Snowy Heron breeding north to Long Island, and wintering from Florida south to central South America, casually northto Nova Scotia and British 268 KEY AND DESCRIPTION
Size: 1287px × 1941px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bo, bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890, booksubjectbirdsunitedstates
