94 A. F. GROSSMAN — A LIST OF 



120. Cormorant [Phalacrocorax carlo). — In. November, 1878, 

 one was shot on the Tring Reservoirs, where others were seen 

 in October, 1880, and on 31st October, 1895. On 15th October, 

 1881, a young bird was picked up dead near Koyston, and on 

 5th September, 1885, a bird of this species was seen near Watford. 

 In March, 1886, another was shot near Park Street, St. Albans. 



121. Gannet {Sula hassana). — In August, 1884, a bird of this 

 species, which eventually passed into the possession of Mr. Archer, 

 of Sandridge, was captured alive near that place, and on 29th 

 September, 1885, a young bird was picked up, also alive, near 

 Brocket Hall, Welwyn. 



122. Common Heron (Ardea cinerea). — Although this bird is 

 a common visitor to the county, there is, so far as I can ascertain, 

 no proper heronry at all in Hertfordshire. There are, however, 

 a few isolated nesting-places scattered about, one being at Moor 

 Park, Rickmansworth. 



123. Little Bittern (Ardetta minufa). — In 1840 a specimen, 

 which went into the collection of the late F. Bond, was obtained 

 at Elstree Reservoir, and in 1884 another was shot on October i7th 

 near the Carthagena Weir, Broxbourne. 



124. Bittern {Botaurus stellaris). — In 1849 a nest with four 

 eggs was found at one of the Tring Reservoirs. One of the 

 eggs became the property of the late Mr. AVorley, and is now 

 in the possession of Professor Ilewton. About 1865 a bittern 

 was shot at Rickmansworth, and on 3rd January, 1871, one was 

 shot at Stapleford, while another was obtained at Boxmoor 

 within a year or two of that date. On 24th January, 1881, 

 a specimen was procured near Hoddesdon, where another was 

 observed in the winter of 1890-91. In 1884 two were shot at 

 the Tring Reservoirs on November 9th, and another was taken 

 there in December, 1894. One was shot at Orton, near Hitchin, in 

 February, 1885, and is now in the possession of Mr. William Hill, 

 and another was obtained near the same town in 1894. 



125. Glossy Ibis {Plegadis falcinellus). — On 10th September, 

 1881, Mr. Pantia Ralli shot a bird of this species at Balls Park, 

 near Hertford, and in November, 1887, another, which is now 

 in the possession of the Hon. Walter Rothschild, was shot near 

 the village of Waterford. 



126. Grey Lag-Goose (Anser cinereus). — The only recorded 

 example of this bird in Hertfordshire was obtained at the Tring 

 Reservoirs in September, 1886. 



127. White-fronted Goose (Anser albi/rons). — The sole evidence 

 I can find of the occurrence of this goose in our county is a state- 

 ment by the late Captain Clarke Kennedy in his ' Birds of Berks 

 and Bucks,' on the authority of the Rev. H. H. Crewe, that it 

 had been observed at the Tring Reservoirs. 



128. Bean Goose {Anser segetum). — On 15th January, 1881, 

 a bird of this species was shot from a flock of fifteen near Royston. 

 The Hon. A. Holland - Hibbert also has one which he shot at 

 Munden in the winter of 1890-91. 



