150 RARE VISITANTS. 
One, St. Helens, Isle of Wight, 19th May, 1858: More, 
Zoologist, 1860, p. 6855. In the collection of Mr. Borrer. 
One, Redruth, Cornwall, 1862 : Rodd, Zoologist, 1862, p. 8035. 
One, Surlingham Broad, Norfolk, 26th June, 1863: Steven- 
son, Birds of Norfolk, vol. ii. p. 153. 
One, Bockleton, Shropshire, ‘some years ago:” Rocke, 
Zoologist, 1866, p. 81. 
One, Fryers Mayne, Dorchester, 15th May, 1867: Grant, The 
Field, 25th May 1867. 
One, Wyke Regis, Dorsetshire, lst July, 1867: Thompson, 
Zoologist, 1867, p. 915*. 
BUFF-BACKED HERON. Ardea russata, Wagler. 
Hab. Southern Europe and Africa. 
One, Kingsbridge, Devon, Oct. 1805: Montagu, Trans. Linn. 
Soc. vol. ix. p. 197; Orn. Dict. Suppl. 1813. 
One, Martham, near Yarmouth, 1827: Stevenson, Birds of 
Norfolk, vol. 11. p. 151. 
One, South Devon, April 1851: Cleveland, Zoologist, 1851, 
p- 3116. 
AMERICAN BITTERN. Sotaurus lentiginosus (Mont. )*. 
Hab. North America. 
One, Piddletown, Dorsetshire, autumn 1804: Montagu, Orn. 
Dict. Type in British Museum. 
* Tn addition to the instances above mentioned, Mr. Rocke re- 
ported his possession of one (Zool. 1865, p. 9419) which was said 
to have been killed near Yarmouth on the 7th July, 1864; but, from 
inquiries made, Mr. Stevenson is convinced that it was not procured 
anywhere in the county of Norfolk. See his ‘ Birds of Norfolk,’ 
vol. 11. p. 153. 
+ Ardea lentiginosa, Montagu, Orn. Dict. Suppl. (1813). Ardea 
minor, Wilson, Am. Orn. vol. viii. p. 35, pl. Ixv. (1814). I have 
compared the type of Montagu’s lentiginosa with specimens of minor 
