ANATOMY OF BIRDS
GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION
MIGRATIONS OF BIRDS
CLASSIFICATION OF BIRDS
LIZARD-TAILED BIRD
AMERICAN TOOTHED-BIRDS
THE OSTRICHES
THE RHEAS
EMEUS AND CASSOWARIES
THE TINAMOUS
THE KIWIS
THE PENGUINS
LOONS AND GREBES
ALBATROSSES & PETRELS
STORK-LIKE BIRDS
GOOSE-LIKE BIRDS
FALCON-LIKE BIRDS
FOWL-LIKE BIRDS
CRANE-LIKE BIRDS
PLOVER-LIKE BIRDS
CUCKOO-LIKE BIRDS
THE ROLLER-LIKE BIRDS
SPARROW-LIKE BIRDS
Birds and Birding's Guide to:
Watching THE STORK-LIKE BIRDS
THE HERONS (Family Ardeida)
European Blue Heron
The European Blue Heron (A. cinerea), found in Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia, and accidentally in Greenland, is colored very much like the two species above described, but differs in having the thighs and the edge of the wing white instead of cinnamon-rufous. It is also smaller, being but about three feet in length. This species was formerly abundant in England, where it was preserved for the royal sport of hawking, but with the decline of this sport it has almost disappeared except in a few protected localities.
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