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molluscs, worms, aquatic insects and their larvae (especially water-beetles, dragon- 

 fly and caddis-fly larvae) are also eaten. A bird kept in captivity in Tenerife sub- 

 sisted largely on mice and lizards which entered its cage, and Hocke states that 

 they will kill and eat young reed-warblers from the nest. The food for the young is 

 disgorged by the parents on to the side of the nest, and consists chiefly of small fish. 

 A male shot in Montenegro by Lodge contained small fish an inch long and aquatic 

 insects. [F. c. E. J.] 



The following species is described in the supplementary chapter on ''''Rare 

 Birds " :- 



[Family PHOENICOPTERID^] 



Flamingo, Phoenicopterus roseus Pallas. [F. c. B. j.] 



[Family 



The following species and subspecies are described in the supplementary chapter 

 on ''''Rare Birds " : 



Purple-heron, Ardea purpurea Linnaeus. 



Great white-heron, Egretta alba (Linnaeus) {Ardea alba Linnaeus]. 

 Little-egret, Egretta garzetta (Linnaeus) [Ardea garzetta Linnaeus]. 

 Buffbacked-heron, Ardeola ibis (Linnaeus) [Ardea bubulcus Audouin]. 

 Squacco-heron, Ardeola ralloides (Scopoli) [Ardea ralloides Scopoli]. 

 Night-heron, Nycticorax nycticorax (Linnaeus) [Nycticorax griseus 



(Linnaeus)]. 



American-bittern, Botaurus stelldris lentiginosus (Montagu). 

 [American green-heron, Butorides virescens (Linnaeus).] 

 White-stork, Ciconia ciconia (Linnaeus) [Ciconia alba Bechstein]. 

 Black-stork, Ciconia nigra (Linnaeus). [F. c. E. J.] 



