Ord: XIII. 



Grallatores, 

 Tetradaetyl(e. 



100 

 Gen. LIX. ARDEA. Lin. 



189 sp. * Ardea garzetta. Lin. The little Egret. 

 Egretta „ „ Bonap. 



Nest, like the preceding species. 

 Eggs. 4-5, pale greenish blue. 



189 « 



189 5 



189 



190 sp. * Ardea stellaris. Lin. The common Bittern. 



Botaums „ „ Bonap. 



Nest. May, on heaps of decayed rushes, in marshes ; rare in Great Britain. 

 Eggs. 3-5, of the same colour as the eggs of the common Partridge. 



190^ 



190 3 



190 c 



