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June 20tli. — One female from Yarmoutli, in the 

 possession of Mr. Newcome^ of ^eltwell. 



June 22nd ? — One male shot at Morston, near 

 Blakeney. Of this bird, Mr. Woods, of Morston, kindly 

 sent me the following particulars : — " I shot a sand- 

 grouse in one of my ploughed fields, about three weeks 

 since. There were nine when I first saw them. I 

 thought from their habits and appearance they were 

 golden plover in their summer plumage. When I saw 

 the description in the papers of the sand-grouse, I took 

 my gun to look for these strange birds, but found the 

 covey had dwindled to three, out of which I was lucky 

 enough to shoot one, which is now being stuffed at 

 Mr. Alcock's, of Blakeney." 



June 24th. — One male killed at Waxham, where 

 four of the earlier specimens were obtained. Mr. 

 Harvey, of Waxham, who shot it himself, says : — " This 

 bird was killed in a turnip field near the sea banks; 

 another was seen the same day about the same place, 

 supposed to be a hen. On Friday (26th), about ten a.m., 

 a flock of from twelve to fifteen flew over the sea banks 

 in a south-east direction. They fly in the same order as 

 wildfowl, and frequently utter a peculiar clicking noise." 



June 24th. — One female at Kessingland, Suffolk. 

 This bird was sent up to Norwich to be istuffed for Mr. 

 Crowfoot, of Kessingland, who, in answer to my 

 enquiries, informed me that it was killed on that part 

 of the coast by a labouring man, out of a flock of twelve 

 or fourteen, which had frequented Mr. Bean's farm, near 

 the cliff, for a fortnight previously. Towards the end 

 of July, a flock of fifty or sixty strange birds, were also 

 seen flying to the southward in one flock, by some men 

 ploughing, near the marshes adjacent to the sea. 



June 25th. — ^A male killed somewhere in Suffolk, on 

 the authority of Mr. Spalding, of Westleton. 



Jime 26th. — Four females killed near the pit at 

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