108 ARDEID*. 



Generally distributed throughout the British Islands^ col- 

 lecting into colonies during the breeding-season. Found in 

 the Palaearctie, ^Ethiopian, Indian, and Australian Regions. 



Ardea purpurea. Pueple Heron. 



Ardea purpurea, Linnaeus, S. N. i. p. 236 (1766). 



Ardea purpurea, Naum. ix. p. 63 ; Macg. iv. p. 453 ; Hewit- 

 son, p. 312; Gray, p. 145 j Yarr. ed. 2, ii. p. 514; id. 

 ed. 3, ii. p. 545 ; Gould, iv. pi. 21 ; Harting, p. 55 ; 

 Dresser, vi. p. 217. 



The Purple Heron, Yarr. ed. 1, ii. p. 450. 



Purpurea = purple. 



A rare straggler to the southern counties of England, 

 occasionally straying to Scotland, and more rarely to Ireland. 

 It inhabits the temperate and tropical portions of the eastern 

 hemisphere : migratory in the northern portion of its range. 



Ardea alba. Great White Heron. 



Ardea alba, Linnceus, S. N. i. p. 239 (1766). 



Ardea egretta, Naum. ix. p. 85, xiii. p. 255. 



Egretta nigrirostris et alba, Macg. iv. pp. 460, 465. 



Ardea alba, Gray, p. 146 ; Yarr. ed. 2, ii. p. 518 ; id. ed. 3, 



ii. p. 549 ; Harting, p. 147; Dresser, vi. p. 231. 

 Herodias alba, Gould, iv. pi. 22. 

 The Great White Heron, Yarr. ed. 1, ii. p. 454. 



Alba = white. 



Of accidental occurrence in England and Scotland, but there 

 are upwards of twenty records. It occurs in South-eastern 

 Europe, North Africa, and Western Asia. 



Ardea garzetta. Little Egret. 



Ardea Garzetta, Linnceus, S.N. i. p. 237 (1766) . 



Ardetta garzetta, Naum. ix. p. 101, xiii. p. 257. 

 Egretta garzetta, Macg. iv. p. 471. 



