124 A HAXD-LIST OF BRITISH BIRDS. 



EGRETTA GARZETTA 



263. Egretta garzetta garzetta (L.)— THE LITTLE EGRET. 



Ardea Garzetta Linn;ipu^, Syst. Xat., ed. xii, i, p. 237 (170G — " Habitat 

 in Oriente." Ex Brisson, who says " juxta maris littora versatur " !) 

 Ardea garzetta Linnaeus, Yarrell, iv, p. 182 ; Saunders, p. 373. 



Distribution. — England. — Very rare vagrant. Several recorded, 

 but Saunders admitted only one — Countess Weir, Exe (Devon), 

 June 3; 1870 — as thoroughl}' authentic. Others recorded from 

 Sussex, Northants. (two), and Yorks. may be genuine. 



Distribution. — Abroad. — South Europe, Africa, and southern and 

 central Asia generally. In Africa it appears to breed as well as 

 winter, most European Egrets being migrants. A straggler in 

 central and western Europe. Replaced by closely-allied race in 

 Malayan Archipelago, and Moluccas to Australia. 



ARDEOLA IBIS* 



264. Ardeola ibis ibis (L.)— THE BUFF-BACKED HERON. 



Ardea Ibis Linnseus, Syst. Nat., ed. x, i, p. 144 (1758 — Egypt). 

 Ardea hiibidcus Audouin, Yarrell, iv, p. 187 ; Saunders, p. 375. 



Distribution. — England. — One, immature female, near Kingsbridge 

 (Devon), end Oct., 1805 {ut supra). 



Distribution. — Abroad. — South Europe and Africa, in Asia east- 

 wards at least as far as Persia, but represented by A. ibis coromanda 

 in the far east, India and the Malayan Archipelago to the Moluccas. 



ARDEOLA RALLOIDES 



265. Ardeola ralloides ralloides (Scot).)— THE SQUACCO 



HERON. 



Ardea ralloides Scopoli, Annuls i, Historico-Natur., p. 88 (1769 — 



Camiola). 



Ardea ralloides Scopoli, Yarrell, iv, p. 191 ; Saunders, p. 377. 



Distribution. — British Isles. — Rare vagrant. Over sixty. Eng- 

 land. — Scilly Isles, Cornwall (about 20), Devon, Somerset, Dorset, 

 Wilts., Hants., Isle of Wight, Sussex, Surrey, Kent, Suffolk, Norfolk, 

 Lines., Northumberland, Cumberland, Notts., Salop. Wales. — 

 Denbigh, Montgomery, and Brecon. Scotland. — Three. Ireland. — 

 Eight (chiefly south coast). 



Distribution. — Abroad. — Mediterranean countries and south 

 Russia to Caspian Sea (migratory) and Africa (all the year round 

 apparently). Accidental in central Europe. 



* Linnaeus's name is certain and now generally adopted. — E.H. 



