718 Mr. D. A. Baniieruian on the [Ibis^ 



Range. The Purple Heron has a very extensive range. 

 It breeds in south-eastern Europe and southern Asia, and is 

 both a resident tind a winter visitor in many parts of Africa. 

 I have seen a specimen shot by Boyd Alexander in the Cape 

 Verde Islands. 



Egretta alba alba. Great White Heron. 



Ardea alha Linn. Syst. Nat. 10th ed. 1758, p. 144— Type 

 locality : Sweden. 



The Great White Heron is a Rare Visitor to the islands. 



It lias only been observed and that only on one occasion 

 by Cabrera, who saw a flock in Tenerife in the spring of 1889 

 and caught one (Cattilogo, p. 62). 



Range. The Great White Heron breeds in southern Europe 

 and Asia and apparently in northern Africa, It winters in 

 the whole of Africa. 



Egretta garzetta garzetta. Little Egret. 



Ardea garzetta Linn. Syst. Nat. 12tli ed. 1766, p. 237 — 

 Type locality : " in Oriente.'' 



The Little Egret is a Rare Visitor to the Archipelago. 



It is first mentioned by Webb and Berthelot (Orn. 

 Canarienue, p. 35), who say that it only arrives in the 

 Canaries quite accidentalh^ 



BoUe records it as having been shot in the islaiuls 

 (J. f. O. 1855, p. 176), and Cabrera mentions it as an 

 accidental migrant in the winter (Catalogo, p. 62). 



I saw a stuffed example in the Gonzalez collection in 

 Lanzarote, which had been shot in that island (Ibis, 1914, 

 p. 63). 



Range. The Little Egret breeds in southern Europe and 

 Asia extending east to China and Japan, also tliroughout 

 Africa. 



Ardeola ibis ibis. Buft'-backed Heron. 

 Ardea ihis Linn. Syst. Nat. 10th ed. 1758, p. 141 — Type 

 locality : Egypt. 



This bird can only be reckoned as a Rare Visitor. 



