HERONS 441 



of Thorpe Hall, Peterborough. Seen by Mr. Gurney, 

 who considers it " well authenticated." 



One, Strathbeg, Aberdeenshire, 1854: Horn, Proc. Nat. 

 Hist Soc. Glasg., iv. p. 246. "Most likely an erro- 

 neous record" (Gurney, op. cit, p. 190). 



One, Buttermere, Cumberland : Robson, " List Birds West 

 Cumberland," Zool., 1854, p. 4619. Mr. Gurney con- 

 siders this record " unworthy of credit." 



One seen near Penzance, Feb. 4, 1866 : Bullmore, " Cornish 

 Fauna," p. 27. This may have been a Spoonbill. 



One, Branechoil, Loch Katrine, Perthshire, May 1881 : 

 Joivrn. Roy. Phys. Soc. Edinh., ix. p. 568. In the 

 Edinburgh Museum. " Well authenticated " (Gurney). 



One, Perthshire, 1887 : Scot. Nat, 1888, p. 348. Doubtful. 



As for two specimens supposed to have been killed in 

 Norfolk, see Stevenson's " Birds of Norfolk," ii. p. 149. 



Ohs. For a critical examination of the reported 

 occurrences of this bird in Great Britain, see 

 Gurney, Trans. Norfolk Nat. Soc, vol. v. p. 186 

 (1891). He considers that there are not more than 

 five well-established instances of the appearance of 

 this bird in England and Scotland, namely, those 

 obtained at Hornsea, in the East Riding, 1826 ; 

 Beverley, Yorkshire, 1835; Tyninghame, Firth of 

 Forth, 1840; Thorney F'en, Cambridgeshire, 1849; 

 and Loch Katrine, Perthshire, 1881. 



LITTLE EGRET. Ardea garzetta, Linnseus. PI. 25, 

 fig. 5, Length, 20 in. ; bill, 3-25 in. ; wing, 10-5 in. ; 

 tarsus, 3*75 in. 



Hah. South-Eastern Europe, India, China, and Japan, 

 Malay countries, Philippines, and the whole of Africa. 



One, Cork Harbour, 1792 : Templeton, " Cat. Vert. An. 

 Irel. ;" Thompson, "Nat. Hist. Irel. (Birds)," vol. ii. 



