. Bird-life; a guide to the study of our common birds . U {. Plate XXVIII. Page 119. CHIMNEY SWIFT. Length, 540 inches. Sooty black, throat grayish. GREAT BLUE HERON. - 91 renders Herons conspicuous, and, though worthless asfood, few so-called sportsmen can resist the temptationof shooting at them when opportunity offers. Severalof the Southern species, notably the Snowy Heron andWhite Egret, are adorned during the nesting season withthe beautiful aigrette plumes which are apparently sonecessary a part of womans headgear that they will goout of fashion only when the birds go out of
. Bird-life; a guide to the study of our common birds . U {. Plate XXVIII. Page 119. CHIMNEY SWIFT. Length, 540 inches. Sooty black, throat grayish. GREAT BLUE HERON. - 91 renders Herons conspicuous, and, though worthless asfood, few so-called sportsmen can resist the temptationof shooting at them when opportunity offers. Severalof the Southern species, notably the Snowy Heron andWhite Egret, are adorned during the nesting season withthe beautiful aigrette plumes which are apparently sonecessary a part of womans headgear that they will goout of fashion only when the birds go out of can not blame the plume hunters, who are generallypoor men, for killing birds whose plumes are worth morethan their weight in gold—the blame lies in anotherquarter. But I have no words with which to expressmy condemnation of the man who kills one of thesebirds wantonly. The presence of a stately Great Blue Heron or Crane adds an element to the landscape which no Great Blue Heron, work of man can e(luaL Its grace ofArdea herodias. form and motion, emph
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