. Bird-lore . serve in South Carolina,where the Museum was readily granted permission to make the necessary studiesand collections. On our arrival, every facility in the way of transportation,guides, etc., was accorded us. When the ground in which the rookery is situated was acquired by the clubnow owning it, plume hunters had nearly exterminated the aigrette-bearingHerons which formerly inhabited it in large numbers. A few had escaped, and,after sev^en years of protection, they have formed one of the largest colonies of thismuch persecuted bird now existing in the United States. Six other spe
. Bird-lore . serve in South Carolina,where the Museum was readily granted permission to make the necessary studiesand collections. On our arrival, every facility in the way of transportation,guides, etc., was accorded us. When the ground in which the rookery is situated was acquired by the clubnow owning it, plume hunters had nearly exterminated the aigrette-bearingHerons which formerly inhabited it in large numbers. A few had escaped, and,after sev^en years of protection, they have formed one of the largest colonies of thismuch persecuted bird now existing in the United States. Six other species ofHerons were found nesting with the White Egrets, the whole making a rookerysuch as existed commonly in the days of Audubon, but which in the United Statesare now almost unknown. A former plumer, now chief warden in charge of the preserve, stated thatboth the little White or Snowy Egret and the Roseate Spoonbill were once foundin the region, but their complete annihilation left no stock which, under pro-. WHITE .Made from the blind shown preceding piclur 26o Bird - Lore tection, might prove the source of an ever-increasing progeny. It is doubtful ifthese birds could be introduced, but, in any event, the preservation of the WhiteEgret alone is a sufficient cause for thanksgiving, and bird-lovers will learn withgratification of the existence of an asylum where this beautiful creature will longbe assured of a haven of refuge. The Egrets were nesting high in the cypress trees growing in a lake severalmiles in length. In order, therefore, to make the photographic studies so essen-tial to the taxidermist in securing life-like poses for his subjects, as well also, as. to
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