. The birds of Ohio; a complete scientific and popular description of the 320 species of birds found in the state . -dusky, most heavily on sides of breast and neck. Length (); wing (); tail (); bill (); tarsus () ; middle toe and claw (). Recognition Marks.— Crow size; chestnut and greenish coloration above. Nest, a platform of sticks placed at moderate heights in bushes of swamp ortrees of neighboring orchards, etc. Eggs, 3-6, pale greenish blue. Av. size, ( X 29.). General Range.—Temperate North America from
. The birds of Ohio; a complete scientific and popular description of the 320 species of birds found in the state . -dusky, most heavily on sides of breast and neck. Length (); wing (); tail (); bill (); tarsus () ; middle toe and claw (). Recognition Marks.— Crow size; chestnut and greenish coloration above. Nest, a platform of sticks placed at moderate heights in bushes of swamp ortrees of neighboring orchards, etc. Eggs, 3-6, pale greenish blue. Av. size, ( X 29.). General Range.—Temperate North America from Ontario and Oregon,southward to Colombia, Venezuela, and the West Indies; Bermuda. Range in Ohio.—.\bundant summer resident. THE Green Heron is the commonest and best distributed bird of thisgroup and is almost solitary in its habits. Arriving about the middle ofApril the bird soon seeks out the best fishing holes along the streams, orelse retires to the forest glades to take in the spring concert season of thefrogs. When ,—-^.,-_,..nr surprised at his „.„.,.^^._^., ,„„„.. ™_^^ ^^ ises with. WHERE THE GREEX 476 THE GREEN HERON. tlie tree-tops witli all haste, or else alights easily upon some midway branchto reconsider the danger. Here he may pace restlessly to and fro along thelimb, craning his neck and twitching his tail, and acting altogether very ner-vous, or he may freeze in some protective attitude until the danger is is thus afforded for a study at close range of a plumage whichis unusually handsome, especially as regards the bottle-green and glaucousshades of the upper parts. The ordinary fare of this little Heron consists of minnows, frogs, snails,leeches, etc., but as the season advances, beetles and other insects, with theirlarvae, are added. Dr. Jones tells of a bird which he once saw stretched outflat on a slanting log at a point where it ran under water, and beneath whichvarious kinds of minnows had found a congeni
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