. An illustrated manual of British birds. Birds. ARDEID/E. 379. THE NIGHT-HERON. NvcTfcoRAX GRfsEUS (Linnseus). The first specimen of the Night-Heron recorded in England was shot near London in May 1782 ; since which time many examples have been obtained in the British Islands, and the species may be considered as an almost annual visitor in spring and autumn. In the south-western counties it would probably have bred, if unmolested, for in 'The Zoologist' (p. 2528), the late Rev. C. J. Bulteel gave details of his unrivalled success in destroying eight adult birds—four males and four females—in
. An illustrated manual of British birds. Birds. ARDEID/E. 379. THE NIGHT-HERON. NvcTfcoRAX GRfsEUS (Linnseus). The first specimen of the Night-Heron recorded in England was shot near London in May 1782 ; since which time many examples have been obtained in the British Islands, and the species may be considered as an almost annual visitor in spring and autumn. In the south-western counties it would probably have bred, if unmolested, for in 'The Zoologist' (p. 2528), the late Rev. C. J. Bulteel gave details of his unrivalled success in destroying eight adult birds—four males and four females—in Devonshire, between May 23rd and June 22nd 1849. Both old and young have been taken along the south coast as far west as Cornwall; more than twenty in the eastern counties, and a good many inland; fewer from Yorkshire northward; while to the western side of the island its visits have been infrequent. In Scotland, four occurrences in the south, one in Aberdeenshire, several in Argyllshire, and one in the Outer Hebrides. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Saunders, Howard, 1835-1907. London, Gurney and Jackson
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