/^~y/ZjQ~7 (Reprinted from 'The Zoologist,' December, 1886. 



ORNITHOLOGICAL NOTES FROM NORFOLK AND 

 SUFFOLK FOR 1885./ 



By T. E. GuNN, F.L.S. 



The following notes, from October, 1884, to December, 1885, 

 include the most noticeable ornithological occm-rences, princi- 

 pally the results of personal observation. 



As usual I have to notice one or more captures of the 

 Peregrine Falcon. On the 2nd of January an adult pair were 

 shot at Morton, near Norwich ; the female, although severely 

 wounded, managed to make her escape. Another adult female 

 was sent in during the previous month, having been killed near 

 Wells on the 16th. This enabled me to particularly notice the 

 relative proportions in the sexes when placed side by side. 



Weight 



Total length (bill and tail included) 



Full expanse of wings 



Wing from carpal joint 



Bill along ridge of upper mandible 



Tail from tip to root . 



Tibia 



Tarsus ..... 



The plumage of each was as nearly alike as possible. In the 

 dissection of both I detected the presence of parasites, a circum- 

 stance I have invariably noticed in this species. 



On December 17th last a local birdcatcher brought me a 

 mature male Merlin, in good plumage, which he had caught in his 

 nets at Cossey, near this city, during the afternoon, it having 

 dashed in after his call-bird. This bird weighed five and a 



