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occurrence than the last, and, until within these 
few years, authentic accounts of its appearance 
were somewhat questionable, or rested on the au- 
thority of specimens which could not he then 
traced. At the meeting of the British Association, 
in 1838, Mr. Strickland stated his opinion, that 
this bird was improperly excluded, and stated three 
instances of its capture within a comparatively 
recent period in Yorkshire; to these Mr. Yarrell 
adds an instance of another, shot on the Isis in 
Oxfordshire. A specimen, of a White Egret, was 
also shot during last winter at Tyningham, the 
seat of Lord Haddington, in Haddingtonshire. 
This has been considered to be the large species, 
or that we are now describing, but we have not 
had an opportunity of examining it : and, accor- 
ding to the newspapers, a “ White Heron” was 
several times seen during the same winter upon 
the shores of the Solway, on the English side, 
above Port Carlisle, which also may have been 
identical with the Great Egret. 
In Northern or Central Europe, the Large Egret 
appears to be nowhere very abundant, but becomes 
more frequent in the Grecian Archipelago, in Tur- 
key, and on the Asiatic boundary. White Herons 
brought from Continental India by Colonel Sykes, 
are considered identical in that gentleman’s cata- 
logue, and it is a range very likely to be taken by 
the species. The American Large White Heron is 
distinct, and represents it in the New World. We 
have also another, closely allied, in New Holland. 
