74 
Allen’s naturalist’s libkarv. 
I. the great white heron, herodias alba 
^ Lta N„. i p , ^ ^ 
(.883) ; feWnf b',*b i! L?, ?'• P- , 
,, (.*S9) , Lilf„,d; Coi;’4 Brif »,■ P- 359 
J^^retfa alba, Macgill. Bn B.^. p. 466 ^ 
Herodias alba, Sharpe, Cat. B. Bfit.tul xxvii. p. 00 
Adult Male — Snow-white all over with t H ^ 
of elongated feathery plumes ; the feathmon^^f 
on the sides of the upper breast 1 , and 
forming a kind of pectoral shield • developed, and 
pale green; tarsi Ld feet hilt u. orbits 
pale yellow or buffy-yellow Toti’l 1p^ Aesh-colour ; iris 
5-51 wing, 15-8; t^i^i^rtarLtr^ ^ 
nofso torStol," P'9.»s 
tamed m Yorkshire, one in Nottinghamshire oie fn O^ 
shire, and another in Thornev Fen in k • 1 in Oxford- 
the number is reduced by Mr T R r Cambridgeshire ; but 
examples have been noted Ve in Vhn R?i; ^ Scotland two 
at Loch Katrine. SevcSi or™' “b*';' »"■= 
Range outside the British Islands.-Accordintr to n 
conclusions, this species is onlv fonnH r ™ ‘ l Present 
to Central Asia, wintering in Europe 
Burma. Some of the specimens from 
may, however, turn out to be // // provinces 
Japan and Northern China anr? ni' which inhabits 
the Malayan Archipelago."’ " 'gmtes to Australia through 
shores of the Danube^on^mf jmme'y ^ standing on the 
hot I did „ee. with it iL, :.7i:;”dL'™'„“h“ti::? 
