BRITISH BIRDS. 



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THE LITTLE WHITE HERON. 



(~[rdca cequinoctialiS) Linn. La Garzette blanche, 



Buff. 



THIS bird was first brought into notice, as a 

 British bird, by Montagu. He says, it was shot on 

 the southern-most promontory of Devonshire, very 

 near the coast, between the Start and the Prawl. 



Our figure, was from a stuffed specimen, but 

 being in a case, its measurements could not be 

 taken. In size and appearance, it scarcely differs 

 from the Little Egret. 



