188 BIRDS OF NORFOLK. 



the late Jolin Sayer, of Norwich, for Mr. Maurice 

 Johnson, of Benacre Hall. 



1864. October 25th. An immature specimen, killed 

 at Hickling, was presented to the Norwich Museum 

 (No. 213a). The sex of this bird was not noted at the 

 time, but the irides were light grey, not red as in adult 

 birds. 



About the same date the Rev. C. J. Lucas, when 

 snipe shooting at Burgh, fired at a spoonbill, which 

 flew wounded in the direction of Yarmouth. On 

 sending to Yarmouth the same evening, he learnt that 

 a spoonbill had just been shot in that neighbourhood, 

 most probably the same bird, which he purchased for 

 his collection, an immature female. 



1865. May 23rd. A pair shot on Breydon, which 

 are now in Mr. J. Tomlinson's collection at Yarmouth. 



A fine bird in the possession of Mr. H. M. Upcher, 

 of Sherringham, was also killed during the spring of 

 this year at Sandringham, near Lynn. 



1866. May 2nd. A fine old male which had been 

 seen on Breydon for nearly a fortnight, was shot, 

 and one or two others were seen about the same time. 

 This bird, in the collection of the Rev. C. J. Lucas, 

 of Burgh, had a rich band of buff-colour on the breast, 

 but the crest was not much developed ; irides carmine- 

 red. The throat contained three or four three-spined 

 sticklebacks,* quite perfect, and the stomach was filled 

 with the remains of others mixed with sand and silt 

 from its feeding grounds. A bird recorded by Messrs. 

 Sheppard and Whitear had the remains of shrimps in 

 its stomach. 



* These were forwarded by Mr. T. E. Gunn, of this city, to 

 Dr, Gray, of the British Museum, who identified them as the 

 rare smooth tailed species, or variety, (Gasterostezis leiurusj . See 

 " Zoologist " for 1866, p. 348. 



