APPENDIX. 631 



VII. The EGRET. 



Lefler White Heron. Wil. Dwarf Heron. Barbot, 29. 



orn. 280. L' Aigrette. Briffbn a-v. V. 

 Ardea Garzetta, Lin. fyfi. 431. 



237. Kleiner WeifTer Rager. Kram. 

 Ardea Alba minor. Raiijyn. 345. 

 a<v, 99. 



^X7E once received out of Angle fea^ the feathers 

 of a bird (hot there, which we fufpedt to 

 be the Egret; this is the only inftance perhaps 

 of its being found in our country. That formerly 

 this bird was very frequent here, appears by fome 

 of the old bills of fare : in the famous feaft of 

 Archbifhop Nevill y we find no lefs than a thoufand 

 Afierides*, Egrets or Egrittes, as it is differently 

 fpelt. Perhaps the efteem they were in as a deli- 

 cacy during thofe days, occafioned their extirpati- 

 on in ouriilands; abroad they are ft ill common, 

 efpecially in the fouthern parts of Europe, where 

 they appear in flocks. 



The Egret is a moft elegant bird ; it weighs a- Descrif. 

 bout one pound -, the length is twenty-four inches, 

 to the end of the legs thirty-two : the bill is flender 

 and black : the fpace about the eyes naked and 



* God-win de PrafuL Angl. com. Island's Colled. 



T t 3 green : 



