. The birds about us . has gone far to demonstrate it; and it is well knownthat birds learn very quickly where they are free fromannoyance and where subjected to it. The migratorybirds that nest in a locality with comfort during oneseason will be pretty sure to return the next; but robthem of their eggs or young and they will give theplace a wide berth thereafter. In some respects the Roseate Spoon-bill is the. NIGHT-HERONS AND NEST. Herons, Rails, Etc. 221 most remarkable of all our birds of this class. Itscommon name accurately describes and readily dis-tinguishes the bird from the herons or
. The birds about us . has gone far to demonstrate it; and it is well knownthat birds learn very quickly where they are free fromannoyance and where subjected to it. The migratorybirds that nest in a locality with comfort during oneseason will be pretty sure to return the next; but robthem of their eggs or young and they will give theplace a wide berth thereafter. In some respects the Roseate Spoon-bill is the. NIGHT-HERONS AND NEST. Herons, Rails, Etc. 221 most remarkable of all our birds of this class. Itscommon name accurately describes and readily dis-tinguishes the bird from the herons or ibises. It isroseate, not a uniform red like the Scarlet Ibis, andthe bill is flattened and rounded at the end. Thetime was, and not long ago, that the spoon-billswere moderately abundant in Florida and along theseaboard of the Gulf States. Now they are says the plume-hunters have almostexterminated them there (in Florida). Spoon-bills are nocturnal in habit; act generally asthe herons ; are gregarious and shy, posting a sentinelwhen feeding. Including the above, there are some twenty ofthese long-legged and long-necked birds, and theirhabits are very much alike wherever we find are migratory, and yet are not particularlysensitive to a low temperature, as individual birdswinter as far north as the Middle States. The Scarlet Ibis is now scarcely a bird of theUnited States, but
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