. The oist . and in such close proximityto each other, that one had to be verycareful how he stepped around amongthem lest he crush them under foot. As will be noted in the accompany-ing illustration, the Snowy Heronshad built their nest in the thick foli-age of a black mango tree, and de-posited it in four bluish white nest of this bird is truly a veryrough and ready structure, rather af-ter the order of a nearly flat platform,the basic portion being composed ofvery coarse, shortish sticks, with stillshorter and more slender ones for thelining, there being no soft materialwhatever us
. The oist . and in such close proximityto each other, that one had to be verycareful how he stepped around amongthem lest he crush them under foot. As will be noted in the accompany-ing illustration, the Snowy Heronshad built their nest in the thick foli-age of a black mango tree, and de-posited it in four bluish white nest of this bird is truly a veryrough and ready structure, rather af-ter the order of a nearly flat platform,the basic portion being composed ofvery coarse, shortish sticks, with stillshorter and more slender ones for thelining, there being no soft materialwhatever used for the latter. A greatmany lovely blossoms, apparently ofthe tree upon which this nest rests,are to be seen all about it—silenttestimonials to the taste of the build-er. The description of the eggs of ourAmerican Herons left us by Coues arequite unsatisfactory and inexact, whilehe is correct when he states that thenest is always a large flat rude struc-ture of sticks. It is a well known THE OOLOGISt 176.
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