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A PRACTICAL HANDBOOK OF BRITISH BIRDS. 



Family PLEGADID^ 

 Genus PLATALEA Linnaeus 



272. Platalea leucorodia leucorodia L. 



The Spoonbill. 



Genus PLEGADIS Kaup 



273. Plegadis falcimllus falcinellus (L.) 



The Glossy Ibis. 



Scarce passage -migrant Norfolk, 

 Kent : vagrant elsewhere 



Irregular autumn-visitor, rarely 

 spring ..... 



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Family ARDEIDJE 

 Genus ARDEA Linnaeus 



274. Ardea cinerea cinerea L. 



The Common Heron. 



275. Ardea purpurea purpurea L. 



The Purple Heron. 



Genus EG R ETTA Forster 



276. Egretta alba alba (L.) 



The Great White Heron. 



277. Egretta garzetta garzetta (L.) 



The Little Egret. 



Resident, breeds (not Shetlands): 

 migrates locally, some evidence 

 passage-migration . 



Rare vagrant, chiefly s. half e. 

 coast England 



Very rare vagrant, England, 

 Scotland .... 



Very rare vagrant, perhaps only 

 one, England 



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Genus ARDEOLA Boie 



278. Ardeola ibis ibis (L.) 



The Buff-backed Heron. 



279. Ardeola ralloides (Scop.) 



The Squacco Heron. 



Two, England 



Rare vagrant, chiefly s. England 



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Genus NYCTICORAX Forster 



280. Nycticorax nycticorax nycticorax (L.) 



The Night- Heron. 



Genus IXOBRYCHUS Billberg 



281. Ixobrychus minutus minutus (L.) 



The Little Bittern. 



Genus BOTAURUS Stephens 



282. Botaurus stellaris stellar is (L.) 



The Bittern. 



283. Botaurus lentiginosus (Mont.) 

 The American Bittern. 



Vagrant, but rarely n. England 

 and Scotland .... 



Vagrant, chiefly spring and 

 summer, rarely Scotland : has 

 probably bred England . 



Resident, breeds Norfolk : else- 

 where scarce and irregular 

 visitor, chiefly winter 



Rare vagrant 



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Order PHCENICOPTERI 



Family PHCENICOPTERID^E 



Genus PHCENICOPTERUS Linnaeus 



284. Phcenicopterus ruber antiquorum Temm. 

 The Flamingo. 



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