Fish-hook in Heron's pellet.--In March 1956 Tom Schutte brought me the pellet of a Heron (Ardea cinerea) that he had found on the 4th of that month, by the River Beane at Waterford, Hertfordshire. It was composed almost entirely of fur (? W a t e r Vole, Arvicola amphibius), but embedded in it was a complete fishinghook, three-quarters of and inch long, and some n j inches of g u t .Heron (1954), a...
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