...generally four, of au oblong pointed form, larger than those of a hen, and of a light greenish blue, without any spots. The young are produced about the...occasionally over the spot, sometimes honking like a goose, sometimes uttering a coarse hollow grunting noise, like that of a hog, but much louder. The great heron...

...generally four, of an oblong pointed form, larger than those of a heu, and of a light greenish blue, without any spots. The young are produced about the...occasionally over the spot, sometimes honking like a goose, sometimes uttering a coarse hollow grunting noise, like that of a hog, but much louder. The great heron...

...music. On the tops of the tallest of these cedars the Herons construct their nests, ten or fifteen pair sometimes occupying a particular part of the swamp....breed but once in the season. If disturbed in their breeding-place, the old birds fly occasionally over the spot, uttering at times a coarse hollow grunting...

...and lined with smaller twigs; each occupies the top of a single tree. The eggs are generally four, larger than those of a hen, and of a light greenish-blue,...occasionally over the spot, sometimes honking like a goose, sometimes uttering a coarse, hollow, grunting noise, like that of a hog, but much louder. " The principal...

...generally four, larger than those of a hen, and of a light greenish-blue, without any spots. The young arc produced about the middle of May, and remain on the...occasionally over the spot, sometimes honking like a goose, sometimes uttering a coarse, hollow, grunting noise, like that of a hog, but much louder. "The principal...

...twigs; each occupies the top of a single tree. The eggs are generally four, larger than those of a lien, and of a light greenish-blue, without any spots. The...fat, before they are able to fly. They breed but once But his stroke is quick as thought, and eureas fate, to the first luckless fish that approaches within...