W e a r e publishing this month photographs taken in Hungary by Arthur Brook of some of the rarer Herons. T h e largest and most g a u n t of them, t h e Great W h i t e Heron (Egretta alba), (Plate 61) is the rarest in this country, only seven occurrences being listed in The.Handbook. During the past year however it has been recorded in Cornwall and D o r s e t ; details are given elsewhere in th...

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