HERONS. 149 



SQUACCO HERON. Ardea comata, Pallas. 

 Hob. South-western Asia ; Egypt ; Nubia. 



One, Boyton, Wilts, 1778 : Latham, Gen. Hist. Birds, vol. ix. 

 p. 110. 



One, Ormsby Broad, Norfolk, Dec. 1820 : Latham, op. cit. ; 

 Paget, Sketch Nat. Hist. Yarmouth, p. 7 ; Dowell, Zoolo- 

 gist, 1843, p. 78*. 



One, Oulton, near Yarmouth, May 1831 : Selby, 111. Brit. 

 Orn. vol. ii. p. 26. 



One, Christchurch Harbour, Hants, 1832: Eyton, Rarer 

 Brit. Birds, p. 100 ; Wise, New Forest, p. 316. 



One, Ormsby Broad, Norfolk, 12th June 1834 : Stevenson, 

 Birds of Norfolk, vol. ii. p. 152. 



One, Lake Lothing, near Lowestoft, June 1834 : Stevenson, 

 op. cit. 



One, Flixton, near Bungay, Suffolk : Stevenson, op. cit. 



One near Kingsbridge, Devon, July 1840: Yarrell, Hist. 

 Brit. Birds, vol. ii. p. 562. 



One, Penzance, April 1843 : Rodd, Zoologist, 1843, p. 190. 



One, St. Michael's Carhayes, Cornwall, April 1845 : Rodd, 

 Zoologist, 1865, p. 9617. 



One, Kirkoswald, Cumberland, July 1845 : Yarrell, op. cit. 



One, Lands End, May 1847 : Rodd, Zoologist, 1867, p. 830. 



Three, Penzance, 1849 : Rodd, Zoologist, 1849, p. 2498. 



One on the Glasgow Canal, near Stockton, 9th Oct. 1852: 

 Martin, Naturalist, 1853, p. 61. 



One, Wareham, Dorsetshire, 5th May, 1855 : Gurney, Zoolo- 

 gist, 1869, p. 1511. 



* This bird was caught in a fisherman's net which was hanging 

 out to dry. Latham, who notes this circumstance (op. cit.), gives 

 the date 20th July, 1822 ; while in Sir W. Hooker's MS. the same 

 fact is referred to as having occurred on the llth July, 1820. Mr. 

 Stevenson has reason to believe that Dec. 1820 is the correct date 

 (cf. Birds of Norfolk, vol. ii. p. 152). 



