312 THE BIRDS OF KENT 



Genus ARDETTA, G. E. Gray. 

 LITTLE BITTERN. 



Ardetta oninuta (Linnaeus). 8.N., i., p. 240 (1766). 



Very few instances of the occurrence of the Little 

 Bittern have been mentioned in Kent. 



The Eev. J. Pemberton Bartlett, writing in 1844, says : 

 " It has been shot in Kent." There is a specimen in the 

 Exeter Museum obtained in Kent, the bequest of the 

 Rev. Bower- Scott ; another obtained at Preston Marshes 

 m Mr. W. Oxenden Hammond's collection, now in the 

 Canterbury Museum ; and one procured at Elmstone, 

 in the Rev. W. B. Delmar's collection. 



Genus NYCTICORAX, Stephens. 



NIGHT-HERON. 



Nycticorax griseus (Linnasus). S.N., i., p. 329 

 (1766). 



Several instances are recorded of the Night-Heron in 

 Kent. 



The Rev. J. Pemberton Bartlett, in 1844, states that 

 " one or two specimens have been obtained in Kent. 

 Dr. F. Plomley has one which was shot in the parish of 

 Lydd." There is one which was obtained in Kent in the 

 Exeter Museum, the bequest of the Rev. Bower- Scott. 

 Two Kentish specimens are in the Maidstone Museum, 

 presented by Mr. G. Simmons. Mr. G. Dowker records 

 it from Minster in 1882. 



At a meeting of the Zoological Society, held January 

 15, 1884, the Secretary exhibited, on behalf of Mr. H. 



