. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. 9-i CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME HERON CHOKED TO DEATH BY CATFISH Tlie accompanying photograph is of a black-crowned night heron {Nycticorax nycticorax hoactli) wliich was found dead at Hemet Lake, Riverside County, May 8, ]932. It had evidently choked itself to death in an unsuccessful attempt to swallow an eiglit-inch catfisli, part of which can be seen protruding from the bird's mouth in the ])ho1o (Pig. ID).—,7. //. Oycjer, Game Warde


. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. 9-i CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME HERON CHOKED TO DEATH BY CATFISH Tlie accompanying photograph is of a black-crowned night heron {Nycticorax nycticorax hoactli) wliich was found dead at Hemet Lake, Riverside County, May 8, ]932. It had evidently choked itself to death in an unsuccessful attempt to swallow an eiglit-inch catfisli, part of which can be seen protruding from the bird's mouth in the ])ho1o (Pig. ID).—,7. //. Oycjer, Game Warden, Perris, June 15, J9 Fig. in. Niglit heron choked to death by , Hemet Lake, Cal. Plioto by J. H. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original California. Dept. of Fish and Game; California. Fish and Game Commission; California. Division of Fish and Game. [San Francisco, etc. ] State of California, Resources Agency, Dept. of Fish and Game


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