HERONS. 147 
Fam. ARDEID &. 
GREAT WHITE HERON. Ardea alba, Linneus. 
Hab. South-eastern Europe ; India; North Africa. 
One or more seen in England, about 1678: Willughby, 
Ornithology, p. 279, pl. 49. 
One, Cumberland, “ some years since” (1824) : Latham, Gen. 
Hist. Birds, vol. ix. p. 84. 
One seen near Aveton Giffard, on the Avon, Devon, autumn 
1805: Montagu, Orn. Dict. 
One, Loch of Strathbeg, spring 1816: Edward, Naturalist, 
1854, p. 243. 
One on the Isis, Oxfordshire, Sept. 1833: Yarrell, Hist. Brit. 
Birds, i. p. 551. 
Two seen, rivers Stour and Orwell, Oct. 1834: Shepherd and 
Whitear, Cat. Norfolk and Suffolk Birds; Trans. Linn. 
Soc. vol. xv. p. 40*. 
Two seen, coast of Banff, about 1834: Edward, Zoologist, 
1860, p. 6847. 
One, Hornsea Mere, Yorkshire, winter 1821: Strickland, 
Report Brit. Association, 1838, p. 106; Holme, Zoologist, 
1856, p. 5035. In the collection of the late Mr. Strickland. 
One near Beverley, Yorkshire, about 1836: Strickland, /. c. 
One near Osberton: Strickland, 7. c. In the collection of 
Mr. Foljambe. 
One, Lincolnshire: Yarrell, op. cit. 
One, Tyninghame, Firth of Forth, June 1840+: Yarrell, op. 
cit.; Turnbull, Birds of East Lothian, p. 4:2. 
* These may have been the same bird seen twice. 
+ This specimen was examined in the flesh by Maegillivray, who 
has figured the head in his ‘ Hist. Brit. Birds,’ vol. iv. p. 460, under 
the name of Eqretta mgrirostres. 
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LZ 
