<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><mads xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/mads/" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mads/
mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">Ardeinae</topic></authority><related type="narrower"><topic>Egretta</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>Ardeidae</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>heron</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>herons</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Members of a subfamily containing about 60 species of long-legged wading birds that are widely distributed over the world, but are most common in the tropics. They commonly stand with neck bent in a characteristic S-shape, feed while wading quietly in the shallow waters of pools, marshes, and swamps, and nest in rough platforms of sticks constructed in bushes or trees near water; the nests usually are grouped in colonies called heronries. ]]></note></mads>