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CHAPTER XXX.


THE HERONS.

There is a good deal of confusion in the popu-

lar mind about Herons, Storks and Cranes, which are really very different tribes of birds, though they all have long necks and legs and are mostly of large size and are all more or less given to spending their time near Pond Herons. water. Cranes feed chiefly on grain. They make their nests on the ground and the young get on their own legs