. The birds of Iona & Mull. Birds. LETTER XIII. 101 The Heron (Ardea cinerea) is very abundant in winter. They are very picturesque birds and form a great addition to a landscape. They roost, when the tide is full, upon some unfre- quented rocks, where I have sometimes caught them napping. They have a very grotesque appearance then ; a muffled up ball of feathers stuck upon the end of a single long stick; the head, one. ,/y^ leg, and the bill all put almost entirely out of sight, the bare extremity of the latter alone protruding from among the long breast feathers. Last spring I happened t
. The birds of Iona & Mull. Birds. LETTER XIII. 101 The Heron (Ardea cinerea) is very abundant in winter. They are very picturesque birds and form a great addition to a landscape. They roost, when the tide is full, upon some unfre- quented rocks, where I have sometimes caught them napping. They have a very grotesque appearance then ; a muffled up ball of feathers stuck upon the end of a single long stick; the head, one. ,/y^ leg, and the bill all put almost entirely out of sight, the bare extremity of the latter alone protruding from among the long breast feathers. Last spring I happened to meet with a Heron among the rocks at low-water, which had apparently received some hurt, as he flew off with difficulty and alighted again at a short distance. When I followed him I saw him gradually sink down into a H. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Graham, Henry Davenport, l825-1872. Edinburgh, D. Douglas
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