49 2 APPENDIX. 



V. The EGRET, fab. 16. 



Leffer white Heron. Wil. orn. 99. 



280. L'Aigrette. Brijfon av. V. 431. 



Ardea Garzetta. I/«. Jyft. 237 . Kleiner Weifler Rager, Kram* 

 Ardea Alba minor. Raiijyn. av. 3^. 



E once received out oiAnglefea, the feathers of 

 a bird mot there, which we fufpect 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 arch- 

 bifhop Nevill, we find no lefs than a thoufand Afte- 

 rides *, Egrets or Egrittes, as it is differently fpelt. 

 Perhaps the efteem they were in as a delicacy during 

 thofe days, occafioned their extirpation in our iflands; 

 abroad they are ftill common, efpecially in the 

 fouthern parts of Europe, where they appear in 

 flocks. 

 Defer. ^ ne E£ re * * s a m °ft elegant bird ; it weighs about 

 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 green : 

 the irides of a pale yellow : the head adorned with a 

 beautiful creft, compofed of fome (hort, and of two 

 long feathers hanging backward-, thefe are upwards 

 oi four inches in length : the whole plumage is of a 

 refplendent whire.iels : the Feathers on the bread and 

 the Lcapulars are very delicate, long, Gender and un- 



* Gediuin de "Bra fid. A™^- com. 



webbed, 



