194 AEDEID.^. 



Bubulous luciclus {Rcijin.') ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvi. 1898,' 

 p. 213. 



Ihis, miscalled because believed by Hasselquist to be the Sacred Ibis of the 

 ancient Egyptians, 



Distribution in the British Islands. — A Bare Visitor. It has 

 occurred once, at Kingsbridge, Devon, where an immature 

 female was shot towards the end of Oct. 1805. 



General Distribution. — The Buff-backed Heron ranges 

 from southern Europe and south-western Asia throughout 

 Africa and Madagascar. In Euiope it is only known to 

 breed in southern Spain. It is accidental in Madeira and 

 the Canary Islands. In India, Ceylon, Burma, the Malay 

 Peninsula, and in eastern Asia from Korea to the Moluccas 

 its place is taken by A. i. coromanda. 



Ardeola ralloides. SQaAcco Hekon^. 



Ardea ralloides ScopoU, Annus i. Hist.-Nat. 1769, p. 88 : 



rJarniola. 



Ardea ralloides Scop. ; B. O. TJ. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 109 ; 



Saunders, Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, \>. 377. 

 Ardeola ralloides Sharpe, Gat. Birds B. 21. xxvi. 1898, p. 202. 



Ralloides, from rallus = a, Eail, and eWos = appearance, "like a Eail." 



Distribution in the British Islands. — An Occasional Visitor. 

 More than sixty have occurred, mostly in the south of 

 England, and especially in Cornwall and the Scilly Islands. 

 Only three have been observed in Scotland and eio-ht in 

 Ireland, chiefly in the southern counties. 



General Distribution. — The Squacco Heron is a summer 

 visitor to southern Europe and south Russia as far east 

 as the Caspian sea. It is resident throughout Africa and 

 accidental in central Europe, and has occurred somewhat 

 frequently in the Canary Islands and also in the Azores. 



