LITTLE EGRET— SQUACCO HERON. 199 
H8. Ardea garzetta. Little Egret, 
A very rare accidental visitor from Southern and 
Eastern Europe. 
In the Hart collection at Christchurch there is a 
specimen which was shot on the Stour at that place in 
the beginning of July, 1822, by the late William Lockyer, 
who sold it to Mr. Barrow, of Christchurch, by whom it 
was preserved. It afterwards passed into the hands of 
Captain Cox, at whose sale Mr. Hart purchased it. 
(Yarrell, vol. iv., p. 183). 
Probably other examples have occurred in the county, 
but the records thereof are too vague and doubtful to be 
noted here. 
149. Ardea ralloides, Sqnacco Heron. 
A rare accidental visitor, inhabiting Southern Europe 
and Africa. 
A specimen in the Hart collection at Christchurch was 
procured on June 8th, 1832, by Mr. Saunders. 
Another in Lord Malmesbury's collection at Heron 
Court was shot about the same time in Christchurch 
Harbour, and is mentioned in Eyton's " Rarer British 
Birds." 
In the Isle of Wight one was shot at St. Helen's, near 
the old church sea mark, on May 19th, 1858, and was taken, 
still living, to Mr. Beazley, the Ryde bird-stuffer ; it passed 
later into the collection of Mr. Borrer, of Cowfold. (More, 
i860.) 
