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Catalogue of 
Gen. SC/OXiOPAX, Linn. 
S. ruStiCOlaj Linn., Woodcock. 
Common. 
Gen. NUMISNXUS, Cuv. 
23". arquatai Linn., Curlew. 
Common. Breeds on the moors. 
M. pheaopus, Linn., Whimbrel. 
Flocks visit us in spiing and autumn. 
Family— GRUID^. 
Gen. aSLUB, Pall. 
Cr. cinerea, Crane. 
One of these birds was killed at Buckland Monachorum, on the 
borders of Dartmoor, in 1826. 
Family- -ARDEIDiE. 
Gen. AUSSA, Linn. 
A» cinereaj Linn., Heron. 
Common. There are several heronries in this county, on the 
Tamar at Warleigh ; on the Dart at Sharpham ; on the Exe at 
Powderham ; at Shute Park, near Axminster. 
A, purpurea. Linn., Purple Heron. 
Several specimens have from time to time been obtained. The 
last was an immature bird procured by Mr. Gatcombe, in October, 
1857, from the Tamar. 
Gen. USS-RSTTA, Bonp. 
E. alba. Linn., Great White Heron. 
One of these birds was seen on the Avon, near Aveton Gilford, 
in 1805, by the Kev. Kerr Vaughan (see Dr. Moore's List, 1837.) 
E. g'arzetta, Linn., Egret. 
Very rare. Two or three have been obtained from the Tamar and 
Dart. 
