. Coloured illustrations of British birds, and their eggs . 1Q2: PI ](. LITTLE EGRET. 137 GRALLATORES. ARDEIDM. PLATE CLXIII. LITTLE EGRET. ARDEA GARZETTA. The Little Egret is of very rare occurrence in the Britishisles at present, although it was formerly rather plentiful, ac-cording to Latham and other earlv authors. The geogra-phical distribution of this species, however, exceeds that ofthe great white heron. In Europe the Little Egret inhabitsprincipally the borders of the Black Sea, Turkey, Greece,and Italy ; it is also found in Sicily and the south of parts of Africa it is met
. Coloured illustrations of British birds, and their eggs . 1Q2: PI ](. LITTLE EGRET. 137 GRALLATORES. ARDEIDM. PLATE CLXIII. LITTLE EGRET. ARDEA GARZETTA. The Little Egret is of very rare occurrence in the Britishisles at present, although it was formerly rather plentiful, ac-cording to Latham and other earlv authors. The geogra-phical distribution of this species, however, exceeds that ofthe great white heron. In Europe the Little Egret inhabitsprincipally the borders of the Black Sea, Turkey, Greece,and Italy ; it is also found in Sicily and the south of parts of Africa it is met with, namely, in Egypt, Nubia,and Senegal; also in the southern provinces of Russia. InHungary is a certain swampy ground, intersected by pondsand rivulets, where not only the Little Egret but innumerablewaders of different descriptions are found congregated. The localities usually chosen by this species are generallythe swampy banks of rivers and lakes, where the flags andreeds are of low growth, in the vicinity of woods and largetrees, in which the birds roost at n
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