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when I find, by a reference to my priced catalogue, that this 

 specimen from Shetland produced 81. 8s., and was trans- 

 ferred to the British Museum. 



Mr. Joseph Clarke, of Saffron Walden, sent me word 

 that a pair of Pratincoles was shot on the Breydon-wall 

 near Yarmouth, in May 1827, by John Bessy, a fisher- 

 man, and sold to Isaac Harvey, a bird preserver, who 

 resold them for 7. The occurrence and capture of this 

 pair of Pratincoles is mentioned in Pagefs sketch of the 

 Natural History of Yarmouth and its neighbourhood (page 

 10). 



From Mr. F. Holme I learned, that a Pratincole was 

 shot by Frederick Oats, Esq., of Branston Hall, near 

 Lincoln, on the 15th of August 1827, while flying about 

 much like a Swallow, and near the ground. 



The Rev. Leonard Jenyns sent me notice of a Pratincole 

 shot in Wilbraham Fen, Cambridgeshire, in May 1835 ; 

 and I have since ascertained that this specimen is now in 

 the collection of J. T. Martin, Esq., of Quy Hall, in that, 

 county. In May 1840, a Pratincole was shot upon the 

 shore of the harbour of Blakeney in Norfolk, by Henry 

 Overton, a fowler, and passed into the possession of Mr. 

 John Sparham, by whom it was presented to Henry 

 Rogers, Esq., solicitor, at Thetford. 



The bird is rare in Holland, but is occasionally seen in 

 Germany, France, Provence, Switzerland, and Italy ; it is 

 found in Sicily, but only from spring till autumn ; it is 

 more plentiful in Dalmatia, and other eastern parts of 

 Europe. M. Temminck mentions that it breeds in Sar- 

 dinia, and has been seen at Malta. It is said to inhabit 

 Senegal ; I have seen specimens from Tangiers, Algiers, 

 and Tripoli. The Rev. John White obtained this species 

 at Gibraltar, and Linnaeus in the fourth letter of those 



