Purpurreiher. Ordnen und Reinigen besonders des Kleingefieders mit dem Schnabel, Erreichen der Gefiederpartien durch Bewegungen von Hals und Kopf bei gleichzeitigem Abknicken des Kopfes, Kratzen mit den Zehen.

The film shows preening of the plumage, especially of the minor plumage, of the purple heron. It is to be noted that the long neck can not only be held stretched out straight or bent s-like against the body. The bill can reach the whole surface of the body only by extreme ventral bending of the head and by horizontal as well as vertical movements of the neck. The film demonstrates the scratching of the purple heron.