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GEEAT WHITE HERON. 



Ardea alba, Linnaeus. S.N., i., p. 239 (1766). 



Writing in 1844, the Eev. J. Pemberton Bartlett states 

 that the Great White Heron " has been seen in Romney 

 Marsh." And Mr. J. B. EUman, in writing to the 

 Zoologist, 1849, says: "A wild-fowl shooter yesterday 

 (March 4, 1849) informed me that during the last moon 

 he shot at a White Heron in Romney Marsh, while 

 after wild-fowl ; but it was so shy that he could not get 

 near enough to kill it. He said it was as large as a 

 common Heron, and white all over. I at first thought 

 he was mistaken, and suggested it to have been a Spoon- 

 bill, but he says not, as he knows that bird well, and is 

 positive the one he saw was a White Heron." 



BUFF-BACKED HERON. 



Ardea huhulcus, Audouin. Expl. Sonwi. PL Ois. 

 de VEcjypte, i., p. 298 (1825). 



There is a specimen of this species in the Maidstone 

 Museum labelled Kent, presented by Mr. G. Simmons, 

 and without data. 



SQUACCO HERON. 



Ardea ralloides, Scopoli. Ann. I. Hist. Nat., 

 p. 88, No. 121 (1769). 



Dr. N. F. Ticehurst records that on June 19, 1903, 

 " an adult female Squacco Heron was shot near East 

 Guildford, in Romney Marsh " ; this part of the Marsh 

 is in Sussex, but is under the jurisdiction of Kent. 



