Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Emu, 1920-21, Vol. 20: A Quarterly Magazine to Popularize the Study and Protection of Native Birds and to Record Results of Scientific Research in Ornithology; Official Organ of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists' Union
There is a supposed aboriginal legend attached to the white 'nuchal plumes which adorn the head Of the adult bird. These birds are supposed, whilst seeking in the shallow water for food, to allow the plumes to rest upon the surface, thus attracting their aquatic prey within reach Of their bill. This is purely mythical. These birds are not adorned throughout the whole year with such 'plumes. Like the Egrets, they cast and grow their plumes at a certain season Of the year.
The attitude of this bird towards others Of the feathered tribe in captivity is a very pugnacious one.
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