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Norwich Museum, by the Rev. George Steward, with a 
Caspian tern, and some other rarities. 
ErpER Duck.—Occasionally appears on our coast. Mr. 
Stevenson records one, shot in 1864, on Hickling 
‘“‘ Broad,” where a good many sea-ducks have, at one 
time or another, been killed. 
SmMEw.—A winter visitant, rare in adult, not very uncommon 
in immature plumage. Several killed in 1838. 
GoosaNDER.—A winter visitant, frequently occurring on 
inland waters. Also plentiful in 1838, when adult 
males were killed at Heigham and Costessey. 
MERGANSER.—A winter visitant; more of a marine bird 
than the goosander, and not so common. 
{ HoopED MERGANSER.— Reasons for excluding Selby’s 
Hooded Merganser, said to have been killed at Yar- 
mouth, are given in the ‘‘ Norwich Naturalist Trans- 
actions” (vol. il, p. 408). But Norfolk has another 
claim upon this species, for Hoy’s specimen, recorded 
by Yarrell,is stated to have been Norfolk-killed. (Vide 
the continuation of Maund and Holl’s “ Naturalist,” 
Wal, -il:,.p» 453: )1| 
‘The number of species given in the above catalogue, omitting 
all the doubtful ones, is 285. The opinion expressed as to the 
migratory habits of the Redbreast, has been confirmed by the cap- 
ture of two, with a Wren, a Goldcrest, a Kestrel, and a Snow Bunt- 
ing, on October 17th, on one of our light vessels, six miles from the 
shore. 
