ARDEJS. 273 



Genus ARDEA. 

 Brisson, Orn. v. p. 391 (1760). 



Ardea cinerea. 



Ai'dea cinerea, Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. i. p. 236 (1766) ; Seebohra, 

 Hist. Brit. B. ii. p. 408 (1884). 



The Common Heron. 



Hah. Europe, Asia, and Africa. 



1288. Articulated skeleton. 0. C. 1313. 



1289. Articulated skeleton. 0. C. 1313 b. 



1290. Skeleton. 0. C. 1313 a. Stores, 18^8. 



1291. Half of skull, longitudinally bisected. 0. C. 1315 c. 



Purchased. 



1292. Skull, longitudinally bisected. O. C. 1315. Picrcha-ied. 

 1293,1294. Skulls. 0. C. 1314, 1314 a. Purchai^ech 



1295. Skull. O. C. 1314 c. Purchased. 

 1295 a. Skull. Purchased. 



1296. Sternum, witb shoulder-girdle, wanting left coracoid and 



scapula. Leadenhall Market. S. S. 576. 



Presented hi/ Prof. Floioer, F.R.S. 



1297. Sternum, with shoulder-girdle. O. C. 1313 c. 



1298. Half of pelvis. O.C. 1315 b. Purchased. 



Ardea purpurea* 



Ardea pitrjpurea, Linnajus, Syst. Xat. i. p. 326 (1766); Seebohm, 

 Hist. Brit. B. ii. p. 473(1884); Meyer, Abbild. Vogol-Skelet. 

 i. Taf. Ixxiii. (1890). 



The Purple Heron. 



Ilab. Europe, Asia, and Africa. 



1299. Sternum, with shoulder-girdle, wanting left coracoid and 



scapula. S. S. 840. Purcha-wl. 



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