British zoology . J m. J\J\ays. 427 Class II. WHITE HERON. fmall one of the fize of a lapwing, fhot nearShrew/bury, He adds no more than that the crownof the head was black : as this anfvvers the defcrip-tion of a kind frequent in Switzerland and Au-ftria*, we imagine it to be a ftrayed bird fromthofe parts. It builds its neft with the leaves of water plantson feme dry clump among the reeds, and lays fiveor fix eggs, of a cinereous green color. Thisbird and the heron are very apt to ftrike at thefowlerseyes, when only maimed. The food of thebittern is chiefly frogs; not that it rejects fifh, f
British zoology . J m. J\J\ays. 427 Class II. WHITE HERON. fmall one of the fize of a lapwing, fhot nearShrew/bury, He adds no more than that the crownof the head was black : as this anfvvers the defcrip-tion of a kind frequent in Switzerland and Au-ftria*, we imagine it to be a ftrayed bird fromthofe parts. It builds its neft with the leaves of water plantson feme dry clump among the reeds, and lays fiveor fix eggs, of a cinereous green color. Thisbird and the heron are very apt to ftrike at thefowlerseyes, when only maimed. The food of thebittern is chiefly frogs; not that it rejects fifh, forfmall trouts have been met with in their the reign of Zfcary VIII. it was held in muchefteem at our tables; and valued at one flefh has much the flavour of a hare ; and no-thing of the fifhinefs of that of the heron. Le Heron blanc. Belon a<v. Ardea Candida, le Heron 175. WhitA ,191 Wane. Brijfon 428. ardea alba. Gefner av. 213. GroiTer weiffer Rager. 346. Scopoli, No. 12
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