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156. ARDEA PURPTJREA, Linnaeus. Purple Heron. 



Has occurred both in East Yorkshire and Lincoln- 

 shire. One, a remarkably fine specimen, recorded by 

 the Rev. F. 0. Morris (Zoologist, 1849, p. 2591), 

 was killed in the spring of 1847 on the Lowthorpe 

 " beck " near Drimeld. And Mr. Adrian, of Lincoln, 

 says that some years since he stuffed a Purple 

 Heron, killed by the Rev. J. Metcalf at Hykeham on 

 the river Witham, near Lincoln, and that it is now in 

 the possession of Mr. Broadbent of that city. An- 

 other in good plumage, but not fully mature, as 

 Mr. Boynton informs me, and now the property of 

 Mr. Thos. Ellotson, of Bridlington, was killed on 

 Hornsea mere by "W. Welburn, gamekeeper to H. S. 

 Constable-Esq., of Wassand, in July 1863. 



157. ARDEA ALBA, Linnaeus. Great White Heron. 



No recent occurrence. One in full plumage, and a 

 magnificent specimen, now in the possession of James 

 Hall, Esq., of Scorborough, was shot by a labouring 

 man on the river Hull, near Beverley, about the year 

 1835*. 



158. ARDEA COMATA, Pallas. Squacco Heron. 

 Mr. Adrian, of Lincoln, informs me that a speci- 



* Mentioned by Mr. Yarrell, ' British. Birds/ 2nd edition, vol. 

 ii. p. 520. Also another killed about twelve or thirteen years pre- 

 viously near Hornsea mere, where it had been seen for some 

 weeks. 



