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clearly identified ; and I am now enabled, for the first 

 time, to record the occurrence of this eagle in Norfolk. 

 The history of this specimen appears to be as follows : — 

 It was first seen in November lying dead in the marshes, 

 on the property of Mr. P. Bell, of Stitfkey, by a fisher- 

 man named Green, who mentioned the fact to Mr. T. J. 

 Mann (the ^ Field' correspondent), who was at that time 

 shooting in the neighbourhood : he immediately visited 

 the spot and secured such parts as were most likely to 

 identify the species, the carcase being then too far gone 

 for preservation ; but, from his description of the tail- 

 feathers, ' chesnut brown, shading off to a perfect black 

 at the tips,' it was no doubt an adult bird. The foot 

 sent to me in January last, by Mr. Mann, had the toes 

 still supple, as if taken from a recently killed specimen ; 

 and from its small size, though having formidable talons, 

 I have no doubt, on comparing it with the fine series of 

 golden eagles in the Norwich Museum, that it belonged 

 to a male bird. I could not ascertain at the time, either 

 locally or from the Journal, that any eagle of this kind 

 had escaped from confinement; and I suspect, there- 

 fore, from the locality in which it was found, close to 

 the sea, that it was the victim of some random shot off 

 the coast, and died almost as soon as it reached the 

 shore." 



As mentioned by Mr. Stevenson, the sternum was 

 preserved, and is with the feet still in the possession of 

 Mr. T. J. Mann, of Hyde Hall, Sawbridgeworth. The 

 determination of the species must therefore be con- 

 sidered satisfactory, but of course there remains the 

 possibility of the bird having been an " escape." 



LANIUS MINOR, J. F. Gmelin. 

 LESSER GREY SHRIKE. 



Mr. Murray Mathew, writing in February, 1870, 

 records (" Zoologist," s. s., p. 20G0) his having lately 

 received a specimen of this species, " with a black band 



