. A popular handbook of the birds of Canada and the United States [microform]. Oiseaux; Birds. 94 WADING towards night, and in the wide gullet which commences at the immediate base of the bill they probably carry a supply for the use of their young. In the month of October I obtained two specimens of the young Night Heron in their second plumage; these were so extremely fat that the stomach was quite buried in cakes of it like tallow. Their food had been Uhia latissima, small fish, grasshoppers, and a few coleopterous insects; so that at this cool season of the year these birds had ven
. A popular handbook of the birds of Canada and the United States [microform]. Oiseaux; Birds. 94 WADING towards night, and in the wide gullet which commences at the immediate base of the bill they probably carry a supply for the use of their young. In the month of October I obtained two specimens of the young Night Heron in their second plumage; these were so extremely fat that the stomach was quite buried in cakes of it like tallow. Their food had been Uhia latissima, small fish, grasshoppers, and a few coleopterous insects; so that at this cool season of the year these birds had ventured out to hunt their fare through the marsh by day, as well as evenmg. In the stomach of one of these birds, towards its upper onfice, were parasitic worms like tsenia. About the time of their departure the young, in their plumbeous dress, associate together early in the morning, and proceed in flocks, either wholly by themselves,, or merely conducted by one or two old birds in a company. I have visited two heronries of this species in northern New Brunswick, on streams emptying into the Gulf of St. Lawrence at about latitude 47°. It is common in the Muskoka district of Ontano, and Mr. Gunn reports it numerous at Shoal Lake in Manitoba. He found the nests placed on the ground among the reeds. The bird is a common summer resident of New England, thou-h extremely local in its distribution. The heronry at Fresh Pond, Cambridge, which was celebrated in former years, has been deserted for some time. LITTLE BLUE HERON. BLUE EGRET. ARDEA CffiRULEA. Char. General plunnge dark ashy blue; head and neck rich maroon; plumes on back ot head, breast, and back, the last extending over and beyond the Uil; bill slender, curved at the point, and of blue color shad- ing to black at the Hp; legs and feet black; eyes yellow. Sometiraes th. plumage is "pied,"-of blue and occasionally it is almnst entirely white, with some traces of blu.;. -The young are usually while, •pot
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