. Birds of North Carolina . rest ofhead and neck rufous-chestiuit glossed with vinaceous; back, with lengthened inter-scajndars,green, more or less washed with l)hiisli gray; wing-coverts gi-een, margined with white or bufTy;belly asliy gray, more or less washed with biilTy. /in.—Similar, Init with neck and nndcrpartsstreaked with blackish; back without lengthened feathers or wash of blue-gray; wing-covertswidely margined with buffv ochraceous. L., ; W., ; Tar., ; B., (Chap.,BiriUof A.) liniigc.—North America, breeding from southern Canada to tlie West Indies; winters
. Birds of North Carolina . rest ofhead and neck rufous-chestiuit glossed with vinaceous; back, with lengthened inter-scajndars,green, more or less washed with l)hiisli gray; wing-coverts gi-een, margined with white or bufTy;belly asliy gray, more or less washed with biilTy. /in.—Similar, Init with neck and nndcrpartsstreaked with blackish; back without lengthened feathers or wash of blue-gray; wing-covertswidely margined with buffv ochraceous. L., ; W., ; Tar., ; B., (Chap.,BiriUof A.) liniigc.—North America, breeding from southern Canada to tlie West Indies; winters fromtlie West Indies southwards and rarely in the United States. Range in Xoilli Caroliiiti.—Whole State in summer, arriving in late March or early .\priland staying till early October. The Green Heron, also known as Scow, Shypoke, Scout, Indian Hen,and Fly-iii)-tli( Creek, is tlic sinallest of tlie true herons, and is familiar to ;irin-l)oys of the State. .Mill-ponds ai\d the hanks of rivers and ereeks arc its. Fia. 68. Grkkn Heron. favorite liauiils. |it wades cautiously tlirduuli the slialldW watiT l(iokin,ii lor froK?*,fish, salamanders, or otlier small aciuatie hfe upon whirli it jireys. A\hen alarmed,the startled squawk.^ it emits recall to tlie mind of many a man his early swim-mins or fishing ex]ieri(>nees. The drien Herons nest is characteristic of thoseof the family, being a slight affair hiiilt loosely of twigs. Frequently it is ])laced ina hush or tree growing in tiie water, but more often, perhaps, the tree sek-cted ison land; sometimes it nests in oak, apple, or other trees, a mile or more from thenearest feeding iilace. On April lo, 1SU8, Pearson found three of its iiists near Lake Landing in HydeCounty, whielt were placed on the liorizontal hnibs of cedar trees about fifteen feetfrom the ground. Tliey were made entirely of cedar twigs and were so frail thatthe five blue eggs in one could be counted through the nest from below. GreenHerons appear
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