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p. 157; and Harvey, "Fauna of Cork." Formerly in 

 the Museum of the Royal Dublin Society. 



One, Anglesea: Pennant, "Brit. Zool.," vol. ii. p. 21. 



One, Flatoars, on the Dart, Devonshire, 1816 : Rowe's 

 " List Birds of Devon," p, 36 ; D'Urban and Mathew, 

 " Birds of Devon," p. 185. 



One, Christchurch, Hants, July 1822: Yarrell, "Hist. 

 Brit. Birds," 3rd ed., vol. ii. p. 554; Wise, "New- 

 Forest," p. 316 ; Gurney, Zool, 1869, p. 1512. 



One, Hale, Hants : Wise, op. cit. ; Gurney, I.e. 



One, near Crediton, Devon : Rowe, " Peramb. Dartmoor," 

 p. 234; D'Urban and Mathew, op. cit. 



Two, Cornwall, about 1825 : Couch, " Cornish Fauna," i. p. 

 22. Not confirmed by Rodd. 



One, CO. Kerry : Harvey, " Fauna and Flora of Cork," p. 12. 



One near Norwich, 1834 or 1835: Stevenson, "Birds of 

 Norfolk," vol. ii. p. 150. 



One, Yarmouth : Stevenson, op. cit. 



One, Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire: Christy, May. Nat, 

 Hist, 1836, p. 647. 



One, Inchbroome, Morayshire : Rev. G. Gordon, " Fauna of 

 Moray," Zool, 1844, p. 513. 



One or two on the Tamar: Rowe, Trans. Plym. Inst., 

 1862-63 ; D'Urban and Mathew, 02?. cit. In the col- 

 lection of Mr. Newton of Millaton Hall, Bridestow, 



One below Topsham, on the estuary of the Exe, May 1870 : 

 Gatcombe, Zool, 1870, p. 2308 ; D'Urban and Mathew, 

 " Birds of Devon," p. 185. I examined this specimen 

 in the Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter, Sept. 22, 1870. 



SQUACCO HERON. Ardea ralloides, Scopoli. PL 25, 

 fig. 7. Length, 21 in.; bill, 2-5 in.; wing, 9*25 in.; 

 tarsus, 2-75 in. 



Hah. Resident in Africa ; a summer visitor to Southern 

 Russia and the Caspian ; ocasionally to Central Europe. 



One, Boyton, Wilts, 1775: Latham, "Gen. Hist. Birds," 

 vol. ix. p. 110; Montagu, " Orn. Diet. Suppl.," 1813, 



