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keeper went in pursuit and succeeded in shooting it in 
a long plantation belonging to that gentleman. 
In 1858 a fine specimen now in the collection of the 
Rev. C. J. Lucas, and formerly in that of Mr. A. F. 
Sealy, was shot at Yarmouth, and was purchased by 
the latter gentleman in the flesh. 
On the 29th of November, 1860, an adult female 
was killed at Hickling, which, like the one in 1852, had 
suffered greatly from a previous wound, as shown by 
its soiled plumage and poor condition. 
About the 17th of May, 1861, an adult female was 
shot on the late Mr. Cator’s estate, at Woodbastwick, 
and is still, I believe, preserved at the hall. This bird 
contained an egg quite ready for exclusion, which was 
only slightly cracked on one side by the fall of the 
bird. 
And last in the list to the present time is an adult 
bird, in Mr. Overend’s collection at Yarmouth, which, 
as stated in the “ Field” (vol. xxv., p. 384), was killed 
on the 24th of May, 1865, in some marshes at Oby, 
about seven miles from the coast. 
A glance at the dates of these specimens, where such 
records exist, shows not only the singular regularity 
with which the stork appears on our coast, but, as 
before stated, that by far the larger number are met 
with during the spring and summer; and, it is difficult 
to account for the fact of their never having bred with 
us, even in former times, when, as we know from the 
evidence already cited, they were but rarely killed. 
The pair killed in the Burgh marshes in 1817, were 
certainly reluctant enough to quit our shores, having 
been observed through May and June, and not shot 
till July; and the Woodbastwick bird, found heavy 
with egg on the 17th of May, 1861, had previously, no 
doubt, been separated from its mate. As a species, 
however, proverbial for the regularity of their migra- 
