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Dotterell (Charadrius morinellus) ; and passed immediately 

 afterwards into the possession of Mr. Baker, of Melbourne, 

 by whom the skin was preserved, and of whom it was pur- 

 chased for the Author by Mr. John Sims. A few years 

 afterwards, the latter, who had then removed to Norwich, 

 obtained a second example of this species, killed at Sherring- 

 ham, on the coast of Norfolk, and preserved it for the Museum 

 at Norwich, where it still exists : the entry in the donation- 

 book being that it was killed on the 29th July, 1832, and 

 presented by Mr. Arthur Upcher. Since that time three 

 specimens have been obtained in Norfolk one shot at 

 Yarmouth in the autumn of 1839 or 1840, which came into 

 the possession of the late Mr. Heysham, of Carlisle*; one 

 killed in the same locality on the 22nd September, 1841 

 (Zool. p. 182) ; and one obtained on the mud flats of 

 Breydon, September 20th, 1843 (Zool. p. 263) ; the two latter 

 being in the collection of Mr. J. H. Gurney (Stevenson. B. 

 Norfolk, ii. p. 359). 



For the knowledge of another specimen, the Author was 

 indebted to the Rev. T. Staniforth, of Bolton Rectory, Skipton, 

 in whose collection the bird is preserved, and who sent word 

 that his example, which was a male, was killed at Formby, 

 on the banks of the river Alt, about thirteen miles north of 

 Liverpool, in May, 1829, and was sent to Liverpool market 

 for sale along with some Snipes. Mr. F. Bond has recorded 

 (Zool. p. 148) the occurrence of one upon the Sussex coast 

 in 1843 ; it was much injured, badly preserved, and eventu- 

 ally had to be thrown away, but Mr. Bond kept the charac- 

 teristic wings; 



In Cornwall three examples have been recorded by the 

 late Mr. Rodd : one shot on the sands near Marazion whilst 

 flying in company with Dunlins and Ring Plovers, on the 

 3rd September, 1846 ; one obtained at a pool on some high 

 moorland near Chun Castle, Morvah, on the 8th September, 

 1860 ; and one at St. Bryher's, one of the Scilly Islands, in 



* Mr. F. Bond informs the Editor that he cannot find any mention of that 

 specimen in the Catalogue of the sale of the late Mr. Heysham's collection on 

 the llth May, 1859. 



