. The bird . ])Ec:ay of ceuIaix species. 117 more advanced than many others. They well the care ofman. All of them p(jssessed merits of diverse originality. The socialinstinct of the cranes, and their various imitative talent, renderedthem amusing and agreeable. The joviality of the jielican, and hisjoyous humour; the tenderness of the goose, and his strong faculty ofattachment; and, iinally, the good disposition of the storks, their [lietytowards their aged pai-ents, confirmed liy sd many witnesses, foimcilbetween this world and our own firm ties nf syn)pathy, which humanlevity ough
. The bird . ])Ec:ay of ceuIaix species. 117 more advanced than many others. They well the care ofman. All of them p(jssessed merits of diverse originality. The socialinstinct of the cranes, and their various imitative talent, renderedthem amusing and agreeable. The joviality of the jielican, and hisjoyous humour; the tenderness of the goose, and his strong faculty ofattachment; and, iinally, the good disposition of the storks, their [lietytowards their aged pai-ents, confirmed liy sd many witnesses, foimcilbetween this world and our own firm ties nf syn)pathy, which humanlevity ought nftt barbarously to have rent *-«= £ [XoTE.—Heronries in Englimd. Tlie heron, 11iou>;li rare in En^lrdid, certainly not soscarce aa lie seems to be in France, perhaps hecause it is against tlie laws of sport to hunthim. In some districts the man who shot a lieron would he regarded with as much scornas if lie had killed a fox. He is a very rapacious liird, and it is asserted that, on an average,he will destroy daily lialf a hundred small roach and dace. There is a fine heronry at Cobham, near Gravesend, in Kent, the seat of the Earl ofDarnley. Another, in Great Sowdens Wood, on the Kye road, one mile from Udimere, inSussex, contains fnlly four hundred nests. That at Parham, the Hon. R. Curzonslieautiful seat has quite a history. 118 THE SHOUES. Ilie ofiyiiiul biiiLs were hroiiglit fioni Wales to Iuiitjliiirst, Iiy (ho Earl of Luicuslerasteward, in llic reign of James 1. Tlienee, some two contnries later, tliey migrated tuMichel Grove, at Angniering. It may be about twenty years since that tlie Duke of No
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