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Ardea garzetta, Gray, p. 146 ; Yarr. ed. 2, ii. p. 522 ; id. 



ed. 3, ii. p. 553; Harting, p. 148; Dresser, vi. p. 239. 

 Herodias garzetta, Gould, iv. pi. 23. 

 The Little Egret, Yarr. ed. 1, ii. p. 458. 



G-arzetta, the Italian name ; also spelt Sgarzetta. Diminutive of Garza or 

 Sgarza = the Heron in modern Italian. 



Has occurred several times in the British Islands. It 

 inhabits Southern Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia. 



Ardea bubulcus. BUFF-BACKED HERON. 



Ardea bubulcus, Audouin, Expl. Somm. PL Ois. de 

 1'Egypte, i. p. 298 (1825). 



Egretta russata, Macg. iv. p. 474. 



Ardea coromanda, Gray, p. 147. 



Ardea russata, Yarr. ed. 2, ii. p. 526 ; id. ed. 3, ii. p. 557 ; 



Harting, p. 150. 



Bubulcus russatus, Gould, iv. pi. 24. 

 Ardea bubulcus, Dresser, vi. p. 245. 

 The Buff-backed Heron, Yarr. ed. 1, ii. p. 462. 



Bubulcus one who ploughs with oxen ; a herdsman. From bubulus = 

 bovine, for *bovilus, from bos, gen. bovis t an ox. 



Has been shot three times in the south of England. It 

 inhabits Southern Europe, Western Asia, and Africa. 



Ardea ralloides. SQUACCO HERON. 



Ardea ralloides, Scopoli, Ann. I. Hist. Nat. p. 88. 

 no. 121 (1769). 



Ardea comata, Naum. ix. p. 120, xiii. p. 258 ; Gray, p. 148 ; 



Yarr. ed. 2, ii. p. 530; id. ed. 3, ii. p. 561; Harting, 



p. 149. 



Botaurus comatus, Macg. iv. p. 428. 

 Buphus comatus, Gould, iv. pi. 25. 

 Ardea ralloides, Dresser, vi. p. 251. 

 The Squacco Heron, Yarr. ed. 1, ii. p. 466. 



Ralloldes, from rallus = a Rail, and el^os = appearance, " like a Rail." 



