250 Zoology. 



STEGANOPODES. 



PEUCANID^E. 



Phalacrocorax earbo, L. Cormorant. Halstead, 1892 (B.L.) ; 

 Lee, very occasionally (J.F.G.). 



Sula bassana, L. Gannet. Dartford (Fn.B.). 



HERODIONES. 



ARDEIDJE. 



Ardea cinerea, L. Heron. The nearest heronries are at Cobham 

 Park, near Rochester, Kent, and at Wanstead Park, near 

 Stratford, Essex (A.P.M.) ; Dartford Marshes and Creek, 

 Crayford (W.J.D.) ; Bromley, rare (B.L.) ; Bexley (Fn.B.); 

 Shortlands (W.G.) ; Lee, occasionally (J.F.G.) ; Bromley, rare 

 (B.W.A.) ; Woolwich Rectory (S.G.S.) ; seen flying over 

 Blackheath occasionally (J.W.T.). 



Botaurus stellaris, L. Bittern. Orpington, 1864 (B.L.) ; Erith 

 (Fn.B.) ; Dartford Powder Mills, 1889 (W.J.D.). 



IBIDID^E. 



Plegadis falcinellus, L. Glossy Ibis. Bexley, 1827 (Fn.B.). 



ANSERES. 



ANATID^E. 



Anser albifrons, Scop. White-fronted Goose. Lee, has bred here 

 (J.F.G.). 



Anser segetum, Gme. Bean Goose. Blackheath, seen (Fn.B.). 



Bernicla brenta, Pallas. Brent Goose. Dartford Marshes, one 

 shot (W.J.D.). 



Cygnus musicus, Bech. Whooper Swan. Dartford Marshes 

 (Fn.B.). 



Cygnus olor, Gme. Mute Swan. A domesticated species ; fairly 

 common (B.W.A.) ; Blackheath (Fn.B.) ; Bromley (J.A.W.B.) ; 

 Dartford (W.J.D.). 



Tadorna eornuta, Gme. Sheld-duck. Dartford Marshes (Fn.B.). 



Anas boscas, L. Mallard. Preserved on private waters, increased 

 in number by immigrants in winter, on Thames Marshes and 

 the Cray and Darenth (A.P.M.) ; Bromley, rare (B.L.) ; formerly 

 not uncommon in district (Fn. B.) ; Greenwich Park 

 (A.D.W.) ; Lee, once (J.F.G.) ; Bromley, rare (B.W.A.) ; 

 Woolwich Rectory (S.U-..) ; Sundridge Park (J.A.W.B.) ; nests 

 at Dartford (W.J.D.). 



Anas strepera, L. Gadwell. Bromley Common (Fn.B.). 

 Dafila acuta, L. Pintail Duck. Dartford Marshes (Fn.B.). 



