HEROXmES IN THE CLYDE FAUNAL AREA. 



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feet ; on islands, on rocks, and on the ground ; always in the 

 vicinity of water, fresh or salt — are typical of the species ; but 

 the number of solitary nests (seven) I have noted seems to be 

 exceptional. ^Mr. H. E. Dresser, in his Birds of Euroj^e^ seems 

 to have found it necessary to go to Germany to find an example, 

 of solitary nesting, which he considers occurs "rarely." ^ 



Alphabetical List of Nesting Places of the Heron (Ardea cinerea, 



Linn.j in the Clyde Faunal Area. 



1 Vol. VI., p. 214. 



