Life of Audubon, the Naturalist of the New World; His Adventures And Discoveries
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At the commencement of the love season, when their plumage is in full perfection, they show the utmost anxiety to render themselves attractive to their companions. Should any competition arise, the rivals instantly become combatants, when, opening their powerful bills and spreading their wings, they rush fiiriously upon each other. For half an hour the contest continues, blows are returned for blows, and strokes are parried with the skill of accom- plished swordsmen. At length the vanquished on...e, felled to the earth, is there left to recovei THE LOUISIANA HERON. 165 nimself, the victor departing witli the prize. In plantations, thickly matted with grasses, roofed with the sombre cypress, their nests are found, sometimes on the tops of the highest trees, sometimes a few feet from the ground, or even on it. The male and female sit alternately, receiving food from each other, which consists of fish, frogs, birds, and even the smaller animals. In the Carolinas, where are a number of reser- voirs and streams containing fish, which intersect the rice fields, these birds are in great abundance.
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