. Bird lore . Hammonds Flycatcher. 2. Wrights Flycatcher. 3. Gray Flycatcher. 4. Buff-breasted Flycatcher. 5. Western Flycatcher. A BI-MONTHLY MAGAZINE DEVOTED TO THE STUDY AND PROTECTION OF BIRDS Official Organ of the Audubon Societies Vol. X March —April, 1908 No. 2 The Home-Life of the American Egret By FRANK M. CHAPMAN With photographs by the author*. T ^WENTY years have passedsince I saw in Flor/da my firstEgret, but I retain a clear-cutmental picture of the scene in whichthe birds snowy plumage shone againsta darkly wooded background withsurprising whiteness. It seemed anethereal creatur
. Bird lore . Hammonds Flycatcher. 2. Wrights Flycatcher. 3. Gray Flycatcher. 4. Buff-breasted Flycatcher. 5. Western Flycatcher. A BI-MONTHLY MAGAZINE DEVOTED TO THE STUDY AND PROTECTION OF BIRDS Official Organ of the Audubon Societies Vol. X March —April, 1908 No. 2 The Home-Life of the American Egret By FRANK M. CHAPMAN With photographs by the author*. T ^WENTY years have passedsince I saw in Flor/da my firstEgret, but I retain a clear-cutmental picture of the scene in whichthe birds snowy plumage shone againsta darkly wooded background withsurprising whiteness. It seemed anethereal creature, too pure for earthlyexistence, a veritable Bird of has subsequent familiarity in anyway decreased this impression of acertain angelic quality,— due no doubtto the dazzling purity of the birdsplumage as well as to the charm ofits haunts. It was the large Egret (Herodiasegretta) I saw. The Snowy Egret(Egretta candidissima) is a daintier,more exquisite bird, but, in nature,cannot always be satisfactorily distin-guished from the young of the abundantLittle Blue Heron, while its much smaller size makes it a far less impressivefigure in the landscape than its stately relative. Furthermore, the SnowyEgrets recurved plumes are more highly prized than the long, straight Aigret-tes of the larger species, and even twenty years ago, it was a
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