266 WHITE STORK. 



LITTLE BITTERN. 



BOTAURUS MINUTUS. 



Genus Botaurus. 



An occasional rare summer visitor, though probably 

 it has never bred here. 



SPOONBILL. 



PLATALEA LEUCORODIA. 



Genus Platalea. 



A bird which was formerly a regular summer visitor 

 to us and bred in the fen districts ; now it is only an 

 accidental visitor on its migration. 



GLOSSY IBIS. 



IBIS FALCINELLUS. 



Genus Ibis. 



An accidental visitor, chiefly to the South and East. 

 Numerous instances of this and the last-mentioned 

 species are recorded from the New Forest. 



WHITE STORK. 



CICOMIA ALBA. 



Genus Ciconia. 



An occasional visitor, which does not easily escape 

 notice when it pays us a visit. It has been most 

 frequently observed in southern and eastern counties. 

 Several, of late years, have been observed in Hamp- 



