Show F ft statistics OF NIGHT 1 8 rhey are S light by the om am dinst tut on eight hundred night herons are wan dering free about the united states each wearing on one leg an aluminum band inscribed smithsonian don ana a number if any person shoots one ore of these birds he should write to paul bartsch biologist of the smithsonian telling where it was and how large was nas the bird the night heron is one of the most beautiful ot of the aquatic birds of america but scientists know less about it than they are satisfied with last year mr bartsch discovered several breeding places of these birds on the potomac in the district of columbia recently he visited the place with sev several ral as si stants in the night and the SOO alum num bands vere nvere tas fas ened to the legs of as many young herons science Is anxious to know how long iorg the night heron lives where it spends the win teis and how much of the country it covers la in its mande wanderings rings it is be lieveld that by the time a few ew of the num numbered erad aluminum bands have been reported ome of these facts will have been established to the satisfaction of the ornithologists cleveland 0 plain dealer |