Children's own library . COMMON CRANE of a tree. But his eye is keenly directed on the water,and no sooner does a fish approach than a dart of hisunerring bill secures it, and the Heron soars exultinglyto his nest, bearing his prey with him. The Bittern. It frequents morasses and dense beds 172 WOOD S NATURAL HISTORY of reeds, where it lies concealed until evening, when itleaves its rushy bed and soars to a vast height, continu-ally uttering its sepulchral booming cry. This singularsound is not unlike the bellowing of a WHITE SPOONBILL The White Spoonbill. The Common Spoonbill isfound i
Children's own library . COMMON CRANE of a tree. But his eye is keenly directed on the water,and no sooner does a fish approach than a dart of hisunerring bill secures it, and the Heron soars exultinglyto his nest, bearing his prey with him. The Bittern. It frequents morasses and dense beds 172 WOOD S NATURAL HISTORY of reeds, where it lies concealed until evening, when itleaves its rushy bed and soars to a vast height, continu-ally uttering its sepulchral booming cry. This singularsound is not unlike the bellowing of a WHITE SPOONBILL The White Spoonbill. The Common Spoonbill isfound in Europe, Asia, and Africa, and frequents Hol-land, together with the stork. The strange shape ofthe tip of its beak has gained it the name of Spoon-bill. It has rarely been taken in this country. It feeds on
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