Extracts from Correspondence, Announcements, ^c. 89 



brought the third next day : he was quite ignorant of their value. 

 I can therefore vouch for their authenticity as British specimens. 

 Two Buntings {Emberiza nivalis), very white, and an abnornal 

 specimen of A. arvensis, as pure as snow, were caught by another 

 man at Bottiugdean the same day as the third Shore-Lark, and 

 were placed in the above-mentioned aviary, together affording a 

 most interesting spectacle. A few Linota canescens, Yarr., have 

 been taken this year. 



Yours, Sec, Geo. Dawson Bowley. 



P.S. Nov. 20th. — I trouble you again to say that the finest 

 specimen of the three Shoi-e-Larks has a good broad gorget ; 

 therefore my remarks on that point apply only to the other two. 

 They are all male birds ; and the one stuffed has passed into the 

 collection of Henry Collins, Esq., of Aldsworth, near Portsmouth. 



In the aviary they sometimes dig for their food, which I 

 believe the Pipits never do, though I cannot speak from actual 

 observation. 



To the Editor of ' The Ibis.' 



Norwich, Dec. 7th, 1861. 



Sir, — Should you consider the occurrence of a Scops Eared 

 Owl {Strix scops) in Norfolk worth recording in 'The Ibis,* 

 I have much pleasure in sending you the following particulars. 



On the 27th of November an adult male of this pretty little 

 Owl was picked up dead near the Lighthouse at Cromer, against 

 which it had in all probability flown with great force, attracted 

 by the glare of the lamps. The head was uninjured and the 

 plumage perfect, but the flesh on the breast and the point of one 

 wing showed symptoms of having sustained a very severe blow. 



The stomach was found to contain a mass of fur about the 

 size of a walnut, amongst which was discernible an almost entire 

 skeleton of a mouse, together with the heads and forceps of 

 several earwigs, and three stout caterpillars nearly an inch in 

 length. This rare species has occurred previously in this country 

 in three or four authentic instances, but not of late years. The 

 present example is now in the possession of J. H. Gurney, Esq., 



