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and two specimens in my own possession, one in summer 

 and the other in winter plumage, were also, I believe, 

 killed in Norfolk before they had ceased to nest here. 



As before stated, the black-tailed godwit now holds 

 a place in our List as an irregular migrant only, visiting 

 us in small numbers both in spring and autumn. Prior 

 to the drainage of the Salthouse marshes they were 

 occasionally seen in that neighbourhood, but Mr. Dowell 

 describes them as rare at Blakeney, and the few speci- 

 mens obtained are mostly procured on Breydon. 



In the "Zoologist " for 1847 (p. 1785) is the follow- 

 ing note by Messrs. Gurney and Fisher : " On the 7th 

 (May) a pair of black-tailed godwits (male and female) 

 having partially assumed the summer plumage, occurred 

 at Salthouse." Another is also stated ("Zoologist," 

 p. 1956) to have been killed at the same place, in 

 September of that year. The following are all the 

 examples of which I find any record in my own notes : 



1851. April. A single bird, killed at Blakeney. 



1854. May 2nd. A fine bird in full summer plumage, 

 shot at Hickling. 



1859. May. A female in full summer plumage, 

 killed at Yarmouth. In Captain Longe's collection. 



1860. September 7th. An immature bird, shot at 

 Blakeney. 



1862. August. A pair of immature birds, killed 

 on Breydon. 



1863. August 22nd. An immature bird, killed at 

 Yarmouth. In the collection of the Rev. C. J. Lucas, 

 of Burgh. 



1864. August 27th. Four fine immature birds, said 

 to have been killed at Yarmouth, were exhibited for sale 

 in the Norwich market, one of which is now in my own 

 collection. 



1866. January 10th. An adult bird, shot at Yar- 

 mouth during very sharp weather. 

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