BLUE HERON
COVER PICTURE (From a Water-colour by the late Miss L. A. Daff)
The Blue Heron is not confined to New Zealand, but is found along the whole of the Australian coasts and throughout the Polynesian archipelago: its range extends also to India and Japan. General plumage slaty grey, darker on the upper parts, tinged on the lower with
brown. The back is ornamented with a number of narrow lanceolate feathers of a bluish-grey colour, overlying the scapulars; and there are a few similar feathers on the lower part of the neck, overlapping the breast.
-Buller.
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Forest and Bird, Issue 86, 1 November 1947, Page 4
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97BLUE HERON Forest and Bird, Issue 86, 1 November 1947, Page 4
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