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NOTES ON THE ORNITHOLOGY OF NORFOLK.- 

 VARIETIES. 



Bi T. E. GuNN, Norwich. 



The following notes on some of the more remarkable variations in the 

 plumage of birds which I have (with a few exceptions) observed myself, as 

 occurring in Norfolk of late years, will, I hope, prove acceptable to the 

 readers of the " Naturalist." 



The Kestrel — {Falco Tinnunculus.) — I have seen but one variety, 

 which I described in the " Naturalist," No. 3, page 44. 



LoNGEARED OwL — {Strix otus.) — An immature male was obtained at 

 Burgh, near Great Yarmouth, on the 3rd of July, 1861. Its head, neck, 

 breast, and abdomen were white, intermixed with patches of its usual 

 plumage, wings and tail partly white, upper wing coverts blotched with the 

 same colour. 



Spotted Flycatcher — {Muscicapa grisola.) — Last summer I noticed a 

 very pale ash-coloured specimen. I also heard of an entirely white variety- 

 being obtained a short time since in the neighbourhood of Wymondham. 



Fieldfare — [Turdiis pilaris.) — One, a male bird, the back and upper 

 surface of its wings and tail of a pale buff, marked with blotches of a 

 darker tint, the breast and under surface of its body and wings of a cream 

 colour, the feathers edged with a light reddish hue. I am not certain of 

 the date and locality of its capture. 



Thrush — [Turdus musicus.) — I observed a pure white specimen in Sep- 

 tember, 186'2. A variety was shot at Stoke, near this city, on the 13th o^ 

 November last, of which the following is a description : — crown of head, bat xv, 

 ujDper surface of the wings and tail of a light reddish brown ; breast, abdomen, 

 and the under surface of the wings, white ; the breast sprinkled with spots 

 of a pale reddish brown, bill and legs yellow. Another variety had the 

 upper parts of its plumage of a pale yellowish brown, the feathers on the 

 back and wings edged with a yellowish tint, throat and breast of a pale 

 yellowish hue, speckled with spots of light brown, abdomen white. This 

 variety was shot at Wreneningham, on the 11th of July. 



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