. The naturalist's library : containing scientific and popular descriptions of man, quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles and insects . ken inHolland, by a hawk belonging to the Stadtholder, its longevity is again con-firmeJ, the bird having a silver plate fastened to one leg, with an inscription,importing that it had been struck by the elector of Colognes hawks thirty-five years before. 53* 630 A V E S- -E G R E T ... H E R O N THE LITTLE EGRET^ Is the size of a fowl. The hind head is crested, and two of the feathers,which are five inches in length, hang gracefully behind. The whole plu-raao-e
. The naturalist's library : containing scientific and popular descriptions of man, quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles and insects . ken inHolland, by a hawk belonging to the Stadtholder, its longevity is again con-firmeJ, the bird having a silver plate fastened to one leg, with an inscription,importing that it had been struck by the elector of Colognes hawks thirty-five years before. 53* 630 A V E S- -E G R E T ... H E R O N THE LITTLE EGRET^ Is the size of a fowl. The hind head is crested, and two of the feathers,which are five inches in length, hang gracefully behind. The whole plu-raao-e is cl a beautiful Avhite, and the elegance of the bird is much increasedby the long, loose feathers which cover and hang over the rump; their fleshis said to be excellent. It is conjectured that boih the crane and egret wereformerly inhabitants of Great Britain ; but this can hardly be said of theraat present, notwithstanding a solitary instance or two of their having beeushot there. In America there are egrets found of a reddish, and some of ablack color ; but they differ in no other respect from the European. THE NIGHT HERON^.
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