APPENDIX. 6 3 i 



VII. The EGRET. 



LefTer White Heron. Wil. Dwarf Heron. Barbot, 29. 



orn. 280. L'Aigrette. Briffbn a~j. V. 

 Ardea Garzetta. Lin. fyji. 431. 



237. Kleiner Weifler Rager. Kram. 

 Ardea Alba minor. Rail fyn. 345. 

 a<v. 99. 



VJ7E once received out of Angkfea, the feathers 

 of a bird fhot there, which we fufpecl: to 

 be the Egret ; this is the only inftance perhaps 

 of its being found in our country. That formerly 

 this bird was very frequent here, appears by fome 

 of the old bills of fare: in the famous feaft of 

 Archbimop Neville we find no lefs t r ^an a thoufand 

 Afterides*) Egrets or EgrJtes, as it is differently 

 fpelt. Perhaps the efteem they were in as a deli- 

 cacy during thofe days, occafioned their extirpati- 

 on in our iflands ; abroad they are dill common, 

 efpecially in the fouthern parts of Europe^ where 

 they appear in flocks. 



The Egret is a mofc elegant bird •, it weighs a- Descry?. 

 bout one pound ; the length is twenty-four inches, 

 to the end of the legs thirty-two : the bill is flender 

 and black : the fpace about the eyes naked and 



* Godwin de Praful. Angl. com, Leland's Colleft. 



T t 3 green : 



