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two males, which came into the possession of Mr. George 

 Smith, of that town ; while on the 1st May of the same 

 year a third example was obtained by Mr. Pycraft from 

 about the same locality. 



EMBEEIZA HORTULANA, Linnaeus. 

 ORTOLAN. 



Mr. Stevenson decided not to include this species in 

 the " Birds of Norfolk," (cf. i., p. 199), as the genuine- 

 ness of the only recorded Norfolk example at that time, 

 was open to doubt. Subsequently, however (not to 

 mention one netted at Yarmouth in April, 1866, and six 

 others also said to have been netted in the same locality, 

 on 5th May, 1871, which may or may not have escaped 

 from captivity), an ortolan in very immature plumage 

 was shot at Blakeney by Mr. Power, on the 12th Sep- 

 tember, 1884, and a second example, in the same locality, 

 by Mr. J. H. Gurney, jun., on 5th September, 1889 ; 

 these latter could hardly have been other than genuine 

 immigrants . 



SERINUS HORTULANUS, K. L. Koch. 

 SERIN. 



A male serin finch was shot at Yarmouth on 13th 

 June, 1885, which, in the opinion of Mr. W. R. Chase 

 (in whose possession the specimen now is), showed 

 no sign of having escaped from confinement. Mr. 

 Stevenson also records (" Zoologist," 1888, p. 84) the 

 capture by a net of one of these birds, on the North 

 Denes, at Yarmouth, on the 5th February, 1887. It 

 was brought alive to Mr. Cole, of Norwich, on the 8th, 

 and seen in the flesh by Mr. Stevenson. It proved 

 on dissection to be a male, and was preserved by Mr. 

 Cole for Mr. Connop. Previous to either of these occur- 

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