COMMON HERON.
ARDEA CINEREA, Linn.
Ardea cinerea, Linn. S. N. i. p. 236 (1766) ; Naum. ix. p. 24,
xiii. p. 255 ; Macg. iv. p. 440 ; Hewitson, ii. p. 310 ;
Yarr. ed. 4, iv. p. 162 ; Dresser, vi. p. 207.
Héron, French ; Fisch-Reiher, German ; Garza, Spanish.
This fine bird still holds its own in our country, and
although no longer rigorously protected for the purposes
of falconry, and subject to the persecution of fish-
preservers and bird-stufiers, the “ Heronshaw,” as it is
still often called by our country-people, is fortunately
too wary a bird to be easily exterminated, and will, we
trust, long remain as a very remarkable natural ornament
to the beauty of our incomparable British river
and lake-scenery.
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COMMON HERON.
Ardea cinerca,Limv.
