BIRDS OF THE DISTRICT. 819 
This occurrence was quoted by the late Rev. Ropert 
Witurams in The History and Antiquities of the Town of Aberconwy 
and its Neighbourhood, p. 151. He adds that Mr. Price, then of 
Bodnod, liberally. presented it to the British Museum. Furnace 
was within a quarter of a mile of Bodnod, or Bodnant, close 
to the river. 
Proressor NewTon has kindly written to me, saying, ‘‘ You 
will find the Squacco Heron included in Mr. G. R. GRAY’sS 
catalogue of British Birds in the Collection of the British 
Museum (1863), p. 148: ‘Conway, Denbighshire’; but no 
donor’s name is given, nor is the year of its occurrence.” 
* Ardetta minuta. Little BITTERN. 
On October 24, 1893, a male specimen was shot on the 
Wallasey Marshes by Mr. James Gipson of Seacombe, and 
reported in the Fed (Nov. 18, 1893, p. 791.) It was purchased 
by subscription for the Grosvenor Museum, where it now is. 
- “One killed at Talacre about 1836. Capt. Mostyn” [F.A.] 
This is now in Str Pyers Mostyn’s Collection. 
* Botaurus stellaris. Common BITTERN. 
Cheshire :—BrockHotLeEs says: “I have seen one which was 
shot in 1857 or 1858 by a farmer as it rose from a pond near 
Higher Tranmere.” (Br. p. 11.) 
Mr. Byer.ey gives Upton, Bidston Marsh, Hoylake, Irby, &c., 
as localities. (Fauna of Liverpool, 1854, p. 18.) 
Mr. GarLanp says that formerly it frequently visited the 
Duck Wood at Eaton; he has a specimen obtained in this 
locality. 
Other records: Two more on the Eaton Estate, over twenty 
years ago. One between Upton and Greasby in 1892, recorded 
by Mr. C. J. Muniz, Green Lawn, Rock Ferry, January 28, 1892 
[R.N.] One at Tiverton |J.C.S.] One shot on the Race Course, 
Tarporley, January 25, 1893, by Mr. J. RuTTER, who says that 
he saw another specimen in company with it (Coll. G.M.) 
One shot at Delamere, about 1887, by Mr. A. Cookson. One 
shot. at Oakmere, about twenty years ago, formerly in collection 
of the late Mr. Buacess of Winsford [A.C.]} 
Wales: One near Marchwiel Hall, Wrexham, three or four 
years ago, shot by Mr. Prercy’s keeper [A.D.] One shot on 
the shore at Colwyn Bay, about eighteen years ago, for or by 
Mr. AseL Roperts, contractor for the hotel, then building 
[R.N., on the authority of Mr. E. Hopxinson]. One at Coed 
Coch, thirty or forty years ago {A.O.W.] One killed at Talacre, 
- Carr. Mostyn [F.A.] (there are three in the Talacre Collection.) 
Mr: Ruppy writes: “ Shot occasionally ‘in the Merionethshire 
slip ; the most recent example on December 22nd, 1890.” 
