HERONS. 151 
One, Mothecombe, near Plymouth, 22nd Dec. 1829: Moore, 
Cat. Birds Devon, Mag. Nat. Hist. 1837, p. 320*. 
One, Christchurch, Hants, 1836 : Thompson, Nat. Hist. Irel. 
(Birds), vol. 1. p. 172. This is Nycticorax griseus, young. 
One, Isle of Man, 1836: Yarrell, Hist. Brit. Birds, vol. ii. 
p. 578. Doubtful. 
One, Dumfriesshire, Oct. 1844: Yarrell, op. cit. ; Thompson, 
op. cit. In the collection of Sir William Jardine. 
One near Armagh, 12th Nov. 1845: Thompson, Ann. Nat. 
Hist. vol. xvii. 1846; Nat. Hist. Irel. (Birds), vol. ii. 
p- 168. In the Belfast Museum. 
One, Fleetwood, Lancashire, 8th Dec. 1845: Cooper, Zoo- 
logist, 1846, p. 1248. In Mus. Lit. and Phil. Soe. 
Preston. Clearly identified by Mr. Cooper, J. c. 
One near Yarmouth: Gurney and Fisher, Zoologist, 1848, 
p. 1965. Doubtful. Cf. Stevenson, Birds of Norfolk, 
vol. 1. p. 174. 
One, Anglesea, Dec. 1851: Gurney, Zoologist, 1866, p. 145. 
Examined in the flesh. 
One, Links of Balgownie, Bridge of Don, Aberdeenshire, Nov. 
1854: Gray, Birds of the West of Scotland, p. 280. In 
the Aberdeen University Museum. 
One, Latheron-wheel, Caithness, autumn 1862: R. Gray, 
op. cit, In Mus. Roy. Phys. Soe. Edinburgh ? 
from North America, and find them to be in every respect iden- 
tical. Bonaparte was mistaken in supposing them to be distinct 
(Geogr. & Comp. List, 1838, p. 48). As distinguished from the 
European stellaris the American species is much smaller in size, 
with smaller and more slender legs and feet, and invariably has the 
primaries of a uniform leaden-brown colour, while in stellaris the 
same feathers are broadly barred across both webs with buff. This 
last peculiarity will at all times serve to distinguish the species. 
* This specimen cannot now be found, Dr. Moore’s collection 
having been sold and dispersed ; but the owner referred to it, /. ¢., as 
a specimen “ exactly corresponding with Montagu’s description.” 
