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THE PURPLE HERON. 



Ardea caspica, African Heron, Penn. Brit. Zool. vol. ii. p. 28. 



„ ,, ,, Mont. Ornith. Diet. 

 purpurea, Purple-crested Heron, Bewick, Brit. Birds, vol. ii. p. 15. 



,, African Heron, Flem. Brit. An. p. 96. 



,, Crested Purple Heron, Selby, Brit. Ornith. vol. ii. p. 15. 



,, Purple Heron, Jenyns, Brit. Vert. p. 186. 



,, ,, ,, Gould, Birds of Europe, pt. XX. 



,, Heron pourprt, Temm. Man. d'Ornith. vol. ii. p. 570. 



This species is found in the temperate and warmer parts 

 of Europe, in Africa, and in Asia : and since tlie days of 



