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make room for the second, and that the second, however 

 early hatched, use the nest, going in and out, and resting 

 at nights until the time of migration. " T B C 



"Red-backed shrike. The red-backed shrike is very 

 common in Suffolk, much more so than in Norfolk. 

 I do not believe that it feeds upon small birds, but 

 beetles and insects. The great ash-coloured shrike is 

 the only one of the species capable of destroying 

 small birds. . . . When a youth, in 1826, I shot a very 

 fine great ash-coloured shrike upon the Great Friars' 

 Thorn Farm at Swaffham. " T B C 



" Goatsucker. I was once crossing Mr. Last's marshes at 

 Aldeburgh, after having been flight-shooting, and 

 passing some alder trees, a goat-sucker flew from me, 

 and quite close round my head, and whilst upon the 

 wing he made his awful jar, by which I was no little 

 startled. " I B C 



" Grey hares. Some years since a white hare was shot near 

 Norwich. I saw it afterwards preserved in the collection 

 of the late Rev. Charles Penrice (Plumstead Hall). In 

 1849 I saw two grey leverets about a quarter grown ; 

 this was at Westleton, Suffolk, where they informed me 

 grey hares were frequently seen. " T B C 



' Snow bunting. I have often seen the snow bunting at 

 Albro', but only when the weather has been intensely 



cold> "J. B. C. 



" Smaller bustard. In 1833 one of the smaller bustards was 

 shot near Norwich, and the person who shot it sold it 

 for a shilling, not knowing what it was. " T B C 



" White thrush. I once saw a thrush perfectly white ; this 

 was at Mr. Armes', Heyham, Norwich, who gave a 

 very long price for it, but it sold in London for a much 

 larger sum, viz. >n. T g 



There were a number of items of less interest, which I did 

 not think worth while copying. 



GULLS AND INSECTS 



The black-headed gull is, to my mind, the most fastidious 

 eater of all the Laridce. Marine worms, Crustacea, and little 



