88 CATALOGUE OF EGGS OF BRITISH BIRDS. 



Ardea cineracea, Brehm. 

 Ardea rhenana, Sander. 



Heron, Betv. ; Ilewit. Eggs Brit. B. pi. 74. f. 1. 

 Common Heron, Mont. ; Yarr. ; Lew. Br. B. Sf Eggs, pi. 

 25. f. 1. 



Gunfher, Eierw. t. 44; Zinanni, Uova, t. 21. f. 101; 

 Klein, Ova Av. t.l7. f. 3. 



2. Ardea purpurea. The Purple Heron. B.M. 



Ardea pm-purea, Linn.-, Hewit. Brit. Ool. ])1. 11.9. f. 1; 



Thienem. Fortpfi. Vog. Eur. 1. 15. f. 4 ; Schinz, Eier, t. I. 



f. 4 ; Lefevre, Ool. Eur. t. ; Oken, Natur. Nest. u. 



Eier, t. 7. f. 4. 

 Ardea easpia, Ardea botaurus, Ardea rufa, Ardea purpurata, 



et Ardea rubiginosa, Gmel. 

 Ardea purpm'ascens, Brehm. 

 Ardea variegata, Scop. 

 Ardea monticola, La Peyr. 

 African Heron, Mont. 

 Crested Purple Heron, Selby. 

 Pm-ple Heron, Yarr.-, Hewit. Eggs Brit. B. ])1. 74. f. 2. 



b. Herodias. 



3. Ardea alba. The Great White Heron. 



Ardea alba, Linn. 



Ardea egretta, (Linn.) Temm. 



Ardea egrettoides, Ginel. 



ErocUus Victoriae et Erodius albus, Macgill. 



Herodias Candida, Brehm. 



Herodias egretta, Boie. 



Egretta alba. Swains. 



Great White Heron, Mont. ; Hewit. Eggs Brit. B. pi. 75. f. 1 . 



White Heron, Penn. 



4. Ardea Garzetta. The Little Egret. 



Ardea Garzetta, Linn. 

 Ardea nivea, 8. G. Gmel. 

 Herodias garzetta, Boie. 



Garzetta , Kaup. 



Egretta garzetta, Pr. Bonap. 



Herodias jubata et Herodias nivea, Brehm. 



