50 BIRDS. 
192. Ardea alba Z. Great White Egret. 
Accidental visitant from South-eastern Europe and Africa, of 
extremely rare occurrence. 
Hornsea Mere, one, winter of 1821 (A. Strickland, Rep. 
Brit. Ass., 1838, p. 106). 
Barnsley, one at New Hall, 1821, in the possession of Sir 
Joseph Radcliffe (Allis). 
Scorborough, near Beverley, one about 1834 (Strickland, op. 
cit.); now in York Museum. 
193. Ardea garzetta Z. Lesser Egret. 
Accidental visitant from Southern Europe and Africa, of 
extremely rare occurrence. 
Hayburn Wyke, near Scarborough, one, Jan. 4, 1881 (Harper, 
Zool., 1881, p. 213). 
194. Ardeg bubulcus Audouin. Buff-backed Heron. 
195. Ardea ralloides Scof. Squacco Heron. 
Accidental visitant from Southern Europe and Africa, of 
extremely rare occurrence. 
Askern, one, in the collection of Arthur Strickland (Allis, 
1844). 
196. Ardetta minuta (Z.). Little Bittern. 
Casual visitant, of uncommon occurrence, chiefly in summer. 
‘The following are the instances :—At Birdsall, near Malton, 
about 1842; at Thorp, near Bridlington, and at Doncaster 
prior to 1844; at Redcar, Sep. 20, 1852; at Hunslet, near 
Leeds ; at Harewood; at Cottingham, near Beverley; at 
Cold Hiendley Reservoir, near Wakefield, Aug. 26, 1872 ; 
at Scarborough, Aug., 1873; Easington, near Spurn, May 
25, 1874; at Ruswarp, near Whitby, May, 1877; a female 
at Scalby Beck, near Scarborough, Feb. 25, 1879; and at 
Filey Brigg in the winter of 1879. 
197. Nycticorax griseus (Z.). Night-Heron. 
Accidental visitant from Southern and Eastern Europe and 
Africa, of very rare occurrence. 
