British zoology . % Danub* V. p. 8. VII. The I he BORBT. ir/ fm. «C/IRPUll|V/ /> yi4a?^(t^ APPENDIX. 63i VII. The EGRET. LefTer White Heron. Wil. Dwarf Heron. Barbot, 29. orn. 280. LAigrette. Briffbn a~j. Garzetta. Lin. fyji. 431. 237. Kleiner Weifler Rager. Alba minor. Rail fyn. ;v. 99. VJ7E once received out of Angkfea, the feathersof a bird fhot there, which we fufpecl: tobe the Egret; this is the only inftance perhapsof its being found in our country. That formerlythis bird was very frequent here, appears by fomeof the old bills of fare: in the famous feaft of
British zoology . % Danub* V. p. 8. VII. The I he BORBT. ir/ fm. «C/IRPUll|V/ /> yi4a?^(t^ APPENDIX. 63i VII. The EGRET. LefTer White Heron. Wil. Dwarf Heron. Barbot, 29. orn. 280. LAigrette. Briffbn a~j. Garzetta. Lin. fyji. 431. 237. Kleiner Weifler Rager. Alba minor. Rail fyn. ;v. 99. VJ7E once received out of Angkfea, the feathersof a bird fhot there, which we fufpecl: tobe the Egret; this is the only inftance perhapsof its being found in our country. That formerlythis bird was very frequent here, appears by fomeof the old bills of fare: in the famous feaft ofArchbimop Neville we find no lefs tr^an a thoufandAfterides*) Egrets or EgrJtes, as it is differentlyfpelt. Perhaps the efteem they were in as a deli-cacy during thofe days, occafioned their extirpati-on in our iflands; abroad they are dill common,efpecially in the fouthern parts of Europe^ wherethey appear in flocks. The Egret is a mofc elegant bird •, it weighs a- Descry?.bout one pound ; the length is twenty-four inches,to the end of the legs thirty-two:
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