. Illustrated natural history : comprising descriptions of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, insects, etc., with sketches of their peculiar habits and characteristics . Zoology. W A D E R S . 293 jody is variegated with black and white, and below bluish; the bill of a deep yellow; the iris yellow; the skin of the eye naked, and of a bluish purple; the feet brown, but yellowish towards, the feathered part; the beak and legs are long; their under and uppoi. chaps are alike in length; and they have four long, connected toes on each foot. It is a tall bird, very light in proportion to its size; in
. Illustrated natural history : comprising descriptions of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, insects, etc., with sketches of their peculiar habits and characteristics . Zoology. W A D E R S . 293 jody is variegated with black and white, and below bluish; the bill of a deep yellow; the iris yellow; the skin of the eye naked, and of a bluish purple; the feet brown, but yellowish towards, the feathered part; the beak and legs are long; their under and uppoi. chaps are alike in length; and they have four long, connected toes on each foot. It is a tall bird, very light in proportion to its size; in weight about three pounds and a half. The length is three feet two inches, and the breadth from tip to tip of extended wing, five feet four inches. The, Heron is a bird found almost in every part of the world, but stationajy in Britain. At the season of reproduction they congregate in great numbers at their stations, or heronries, for which the loftiest trees are selected. Blore than eighty nests have 25*. 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 Wood, J. G. (John George), 1827-1889. Philadelphia : Crawford & Co.
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