. The water birds of North America [microform]. Birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux aquatiques. 00 ALTUICIAI. (iK.\l,'n»l;i:s _ IIKUmDIoNKS. Tlin t'KKi* o« this Hinrii'S a i' in xi/r uml .sliii|H' imt iiiiliki- ut' tin- Nif,'iit llfi-uii — an oblong oval. Tin-ir ,>>uii', (Mir, L'.lO l»y l.|y inehis. .Vecordinn tt) .Mr. Alooie, tlie nundKT of et,'m's in a «et is not limited to three, as staled hy ,\iidui)on. That author nu'Utioiis that in Louisiana, in .May. lN and another with I'uiir e^gs. .Mr. Moore disendits the statement tiiat this Heron has two iiroods in a season, a
. The water birds of North America [microform]. Birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux aquatiques. 00 ALTUICIAI. (iK.\l,'n»l;i:s _ IIKUmDIoNKS. Tlin t'KKi* o« this Hinrii'S a i' in xi/r uml .sliii|H' imt iiiiliki- ut' tin- Nif,'iit llfi-uii — an oblong oval. Tin-ir ,>>uii', (Mir, L'.lO l»y l.|y inehis. .Vecordinn tt) .Mr. Alooie, tlie nundKT of et,'m's in a «et is not limited to three, as staled hy ,\iidui)on. That author nu'Utioiis that in Louisiana, in .May. lN and another with I'uiir e^gs. .Mr. Moore disendits the statement tiiat this Heron has two iiroods in a season, and does not helieve the iieeount given iiy Auduhon ol its moving Irom one heronry to another in order to nest and Itreed. Mr. IJidgway found this Heron breeding very aliundantly at Monteur's IVuid, in Knox Co., Indiana, where it was mueh the nmst numerous speeies (d' the family. .Many dozens of pairs had their nests in tall sweet-gum and other trees, in a very w«'t pieei' of "lK)ttoms," along one i-dge of the pond. A female was shot from her nest, and in her oviduet was found an egg reaily for ejeetion. A few hours after- ward another female was shot from the same nest ! In the similar wet liottoms of ColTee Creek, in Wahash Co., Illinois, ipiite a nilonv of hinls was also found nesting, thu uests iK'ing phu'ed at various heights in white oak and other trees. (Jknis BOTAURUS, Stki'iikxs. , SrKi' .Sjmw'.s Ccii. ZimiI. .\I, ii. isi'.i, aifj (|H, .titlai Mlnrin, ). Biilur, ('»il'. B. II. Is;t7, .;)4 (saim- tyi«<). (Jkx. — Miiliiiiu-si/(<l, if brown and (KhraLtou.'* (tliu pluiuiigi' thf nuuc in liotli. Ji. li'Htiffinnsiia. sexes and at all seasons) ; the , particululy of the lower neck in front, exemlingly soft and full, and destitute of any ..nuuii iitiil phnues ; ilic Mil comparatively small and short (shorter ^'ii-i'^ t-. Please note that these images are extracted from
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