Birds. 



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enough to call upon me in answer to a note of inquiry, says that he rose the bird from 

 among the rushes on the marsh, and that it llew into some young clover, where, an 

 hour afterwards, having returned with his gun, he shot it. It was not at all wild. 

 Yarrell irjeutions three instances of this bird having been killed in Essex. Dr. Mac- 

 lean tells me one was shot, also close to Colchester, at Berechurch, a few years ago. 

 The locality in which the subject of the present notice was killed is close to Great 

 Claston, one of the places mentioned by Yarrell. The bird measured full 18 inches, 

 and was upwards of 10 inches from carpus to tip. — C. R. Bree ; Colchester, Decem- 

 ber 22, 1860. 



Occurrence of the Little Bustard in Suffolk.— A fine male specimen of the little 

 bustard was caught in a rabbit-trap in a turnip field in this vicinity, on the night of 

 the 10th of December last, or the following night, my informant not being quite cer- 

 tain which of the two. It was taken alive to a farmer named Merrells, on whose 

 land it was caught, whose intention it was to have roasted it, but a gentleman from 

 Saxmundham called upon before he had put the culinary design into execution, and 

 saved the bird's remains for a higher destiny. It was sent to Ipswich and preserved, 

 and in the meantime was made over to Mr. E. Garrett, of Aldbro', who has it now I 

 believe. I believe this to be a very good neighbourhood for rare birds, but the poor 

 people who generally obtain them are mostly ignorant of their value. — Edward 

 Neave ; Lciston, near Saxmundham, Suffolk, January 10, 1861. 



Skins and Eggs of the Great Auk (Alca impennis). — Thinking it may be inte- 

 resting to the readers of the 'Zoologist' to know who are in possession of the birds 

 and eggs of the great auk, a bird now presumed to be extinct, it gives me much 

 pleasure to subjoin the following list. Should any omissions or errors be detected 

 I should be glad if any of your correspondents would favour me with the commu- 

 nications: — 



Birds. 



British Museum 



York ditto 



Newcastle 



Dublin ... 



Private collections in England . 



United States 



Dresden Museum 



Vienna ... 



Private collections in Germany 



France 



Russia 



Denmark 



Specimens. 

 . 2 



26 



Eggs. 



British Museum... 



Lord Garvagh ... 



Sir W. M. E. Milner, Bart. 



Sir W. Trevelyan, Bart. 



Mr. Newton 



Mr. Champley ... 



Mr. Bond 



Mr. Hancock 



Mr. Labrey 



Mr. Tuke... 



Mr. Trougbton 



Eev. H. B. Tristram ... 



Mr. Walter 



Executors of the late Mr 

 In Ireland 



Specimens. 



.. 2 



.. 2 



I 



I 



... 3 



... 2 



1 



1 



... 1 



1 



1 



1 



1 



Salmon 1 



... 2 



— Alfred Roberts ; King Street, Scarborough, January 7, 1861. 



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