. Birds of North Carolina . nd wonderful are the local beliefsregarding its anatomy. One tradition holds that it i)ossesses one straight intestine,while another gives it cretlit of bearing a phosphorescent bimch of feathers on itsbreast, by the light of which fish at night are lured to their destruction. Its nestis a heavy mass of sticks and twigs, generally i)hicc(l in tall trees in swamps oralong the margin of a lake. Twenty pairs or more breed every year about the shores of Great Lake in CravenCounty. Pearson has also found their nests in Craven, Carteret, Onslow, andBrunswick counties. A c

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. Birds of North Carolina . nd wonderful are the local beliefsregarding its anatomy. One tradition holds that it i)ossesses one straight intestine,while another gives it cretlit of bearing a phosphorescent bimch of feathers on itsbreast, by the light of which fish at night are lured to their destruction. Its nestis a heavy mass of sticks and twigs, generally i)hicc(l in tall trees in swamps oralong the margin of a lake. Twenty pairs or more breed every year about the shores of Great Lake in CravenCounty. Pearson has also found their nests in Craven, Carteret, Onslow, andBrunswick counties. A colony of about one hundred pairs have for numy yearsinhabited the tall cypress trees of the Crane Neck heronry on Orton Planta-tion, Bruns\vick County. When one is passing beneath these trees the young fre-quently disgorge masses of semi-digested fish, which rain down upon the intruderswith fearful accuracy. The eggs are usually deposited hi April and May. ^ S3. CD l_i faS CD QCf CD M ::■» rf ■A ^ a 3 3 o «3m 5 p (D O. p ^ -r CD _ J. as

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