HERONS. 149 
SQUACCO HERON. Ardea comata, Pallas. 
Hab. South-western Asia; Egypt; Nubia. 
One, Boyton, Wilts, 1778: Latham, Gen. Hist. Birds, vol. ix. 
p. 110. 
One, Ormsby Broad, Norfolk, Dec. 1820: Latham, op. cit. ; 
Paget, Sketch Nat. Hist. Yarmouth, p. 7; Dowell, Zoolo- 
gist, 1843, p. 78%. 
One, Oulton, near Yarmouth, May 1831: Selby, Ill. Brit. 
Orne vol. 11; p: 26. 
One, Christchurch Harbour, Hants, 1832: Eyton, Rarer 
Brit. Birds, p. 100; Wise, New Forest, p. 316. 
One, Ormsby Broad, Norfolk, 12th June 1834: Stevenson, 
Birds of Norfolk, vol. 11. p. 152. 
One, Lake Lothing, near Lowestoft, June 1834: Stevenson, 
op. cit. 
One, Flixton, near Bungay, Suffolk: Stevenson, op. cit. 
One near Kingsbridge, Devon, July 1840: Yarrell, Hist. 
Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 562. 
One, Penzance, April 1843: Rodd, Zoologist, 1843, p. 190. 
One, St. Michael’s Carhayes, Cornwall, April 1845: Rodd, 
Zoologist, 1865, p. 9617. 
One, Kirkoswald, Cumberland, July 1845: Yarrell, op. cit. 
One, Lands End, May 1847: Rodd, Zoologist, 1867, p. 830. 
Three, Penzance, 1849: Rodd, Zoologist, 1849, p. 2498. 
One on the Glasgow Canal, near Stockton, 9th Oct. 1852: 
Martin, Naturalist, 1853, p. 61. 
One, Wareham, Dorsetshire, 5th May, 1855: Gurney, Zoolo- 
gist, 1869, p. 1511. 
* This bird was caught in a fisherman’s net which was hanging 
out to dry. Latham, who notes this circumstance (op. cit.), gives 
the date 20th July, 1822; while in Sir W. Hooker’s MS. the same 
fact is referred to as having occurred on the 11th July, 1820. Mr. 
Stevenson has reason to believe that Dec. 1820 is the correct date 
(cf. Birds of Norfolk, vol. ii. p. 152). 
