FOKK-TAILED PETEEL. 3G9 



included this species in the above-named publications. 

 The re-discovery of the Norfolk specimen was quite 

 accidental. Early in the present year, Mr. J. H. 

 Gurney, jun., and myself, being separately engaged in 

 working out a complete list of the ' Birds of Norfolk/ 

 and comparing notes on the subject, the right of this 

 species to rank with other local rarities was questioned, 

 and, ' drawing a bow at a venture,' Mr. Gurney put 

 himself in communication with Mr. Hartcup, of Bungay, 

 who proved to be a trustee for the family of the late 

 Sir W. W. Balling, Bart., and the Earsham estate. 

 From him it was soon elicited that a good many birds 

 killed on the estate were preserved at the Hall, and 

 amongst these, most fortunately, was found the dusky 

 petrel of 1858. The thanks of this society, and of 

 naturalists generally, are due to Mr. Hartcup for the 

 opportunities he has afforded for a thorough inspection 

 (with permission to photograph it) of this unique speci- 

 men ; and, having, myself, first obtained the confir- 

 matory opinions of Professor Newton and Mr. Osbert 

 Salvin, it was exhibited by the latter at a meeting of the 

 Zoological Society on the 16th of May, 1882."* 



PROCELLARIAt LEUCORRHOA, Vieillot. 

 FORK-TAILED PETREL. 



The following note on the occurrence of this species 

 in Norfolk was contributed by Mr. Stevenson to Mr. 

 Dresser's " Birds of Europe : " 



"The earliest record of this species in Norfolk is 

 that recorded by Messrs. Paget as picked up dead on 

 the beach at Yarmouth, on December 5th^ 1823 ;J and 



* See " Proc. Zool. Soc.," 1882, p. 421. 



f It is now known that the name Thalassidroma, formerly in 

 pretty general use for the smaller petrels, is strictly synonymous 

 with Procellaria, which, as the older term, has to take its place. 



J This bird is said by the Messrs. Paget to be in " Mrs. Baker's 

 collection ; " but in Hunt's List he states that it was " in the 

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