. A history of British birds : the figures engraved on wood . miah viii. 7. BRITISH BIRDS. 47 OF THE HERON, Some ornithologists have separated this tribe from theCranes and the Storks, and from the difference observa-ble in the conformation of their parts, consider them as adistinct genus: others, preferring the Linnxan system,class the whole together, and thus make them amountto above eighty distinct species, besides varieties, widelydistributed over various parts of the globe, all differingin their size, figure, and plumage, and with talents adapt-ed to their various places of residence, or
. A history of British birds : the figures engraved on wood . miah viii. 7. BRITISH BIRDS. 47 OF THE HERON, Some ornithologists have separated this tribe from theCranes and the Storks, and from the difference observa-ble in the conformation of their parts, consider them as adistinct genus: others, preferring the Linnxan system,class the whole together, and thus make them amountto above eighty distinct species, besides varieties, widelydistributed over various parts of the globe, all differingin their size, figure, and plumage, and with talents adapt-ed to their various places of residence, or their peculiarpursuits. But notwithstanding the difference in the co-lours of their plumage and their bills, the manners of allare nearly the same, as is also their charadler, which isstigmatized with cowardice and rapacity, indolence, andyet insatiable hunger : they are, indeed, excessively vo-racious and destructive; but from the meagre lookingform of their bodies, to an inaccurate observer, thegrexitest abundance might seem insufficient for 48 BRITISH BIRDS.
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