348 BRITISH BIRDS. 



SQUACCO HERON Ardea ralloides. S. page 377. 



Yorkshire. — One was picked up alive on February 26th, 



1902, at Everingham (T. H. Nelson, Birds of Yorks., p. 395). 

 Nottinghamshire.— One shot at Bestwood Park in August, 



1871, is not included in the " Manual" (J. Whitaker, Birds of 

 Notts., p. 178). 



Surrey. — A specimen in the Charterhouse collection was 

 killed at Vachery Pond, near Cranleigh^no date (J. A, 

 Bucknill, Birds of Surrey, p. 209). Surrey is not mentioned 

 by Saunders as one of the counties in which this bird has 

 occurred. 



Sussex.— An immature female was shot near Winchelsea on 

 October 16th, and a male on October 25th, 1901 (N. F. 

 Ticehurst, Bull. B.O.C., XII., p. 29) ; an adult female was shot 

 in Romney Marsh on June 19th, and another between 

 Icklesham and Winchelsea on June 22nd, 1903 {id., Zool., 



1903, p. 421). A male in full plumage was shot near Rye on 

 June 3rd, 1905 (J. B. Nichols, t.c, 1905, p. 349). 



Cornwall. — A male in " superb condition " was shot at 

 Penwethers, near Truro, on June 1st, 1907. Twenty examples 

 are said to have been taken in this county (J. Clark, i.e., 

 1907, p. 285). 



SciLLY Isles. — Has been obtained several times since 

 1849 on Tresco, St. Mary's and St. Martin's (J. Clark and 

 F. R. Rodd, i.e., 1906, p. 302). 



NIGHT-HERON Nycticorax griseus. S. page 379. 



Hampshire. — One killed at Avon Castle was exhibited at 

 Bournemouth in 1901 {Birds of Hants., p. 201). 



Kent. — An adult male was shot at Brookland, 4th June, 

 1900, and an immature female at Newenden, 28th September, 

 1904 (N. F. T.). 



Sussex. — An immature female was shot at Pevensey on 

 September 24th, 1904 (J. B. Nichols, Zool., 1905, p. 267).' 



Norfolk. — One was shot near Rollesby Bridge on 

 November 8th, 1899 (J. H. Gurney, t.c, 1900, p. 113). 



Langs. — An adult was killed at Newton-le- Willows " ten 

 or twelve years ago" (T. A. Coward, t.c, 1904, p. 314). 



Ireland. — A male was obtained and another said to have 

 been seen near Killinick, co. Wexford (no date is mentioned) 

 (G. E. H. Barrett-Hamilton, Irish Nat., 1899, p. 230). 



[Judging by the records of late years, the species can hardly 

 be called " an almost annual visitor " (c/. Manual).] 



