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INTRODUCTION. 
Genus Ardetta. 
247. Ardetta minuta Vol. IV. PI. XXIX. 
Little Bittern. 
Although never to be found with certainty, it is probable that we are seldom without the presence of this 
interesting marsh-lover ; it cannot, however, be considered other than a chance visitor. 
Family CICONIIDiE. 
This family Includes among its members not only our well-known White and Black Storks, but at least 
twenty other species of those useful birds. Whatever the condition of Britain may formerly have been, it is 
no longer suited as a resting-place for either of the two species just mentioned ; still scarcely a year passes 
without one or other of them accidentally dropping down on our marshes during their wanderings from one 
country to another. 
Genus Ciconia. 
248. Ciconia alba ............ Vol. IV. PI. XXX. 
White Stork. 
A chance visitor. 
249. Ciconia nigra ............ ^'ol. IV. PI. XXXI. 
Black Stork. 
An accidental visitor. 
Family PLATALEID^E. 
The seven or eight known species of Spoonbills have been separated into a distinct family by Bonaparte. 
They are found both in the Old and the New World. Although so limited in species they are numerous in 
individuals, and are very widely dispersed over the surface of the globe. 
Genus Platalea. 
250. Platalea leucorodia Vol. IV. PI. XXXII. 
Spoonbill. 
An accidental visitor from the Continent. 
Family CHARADRIIDJE. 
Mr. Hartlng, in his ‘Handbook,’ has placed (Edknemiis, Squatarola, Vanellus, Eudromias, /Egialitis, 
