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gray wagtail, in brilliant plumage, were killed in the county, and one 

 or two stonechats, shot with other small birds, showed the enduring 

 powers of this sprightly species, which is by many supposed to leave 

 us altogether in winter. 



The following are amongst the most noteworthy occurrences of the 

 last three months. 



Sea Eagle. — One of these fine birds was seen at Caistor, near Yar- 

 mouth, during the hard frost in the first week of January, and I have 

 but recently heard of another shot at Elveden, on the borders of the 

 county, on the 24th of November : another was also killed near 

 Holkham, about the 20th of February, which had frequented that 

 neighbourhood for some days. 



Shore Larks. — Since the 28th of November, when a pair of these 

 birds, as recorded by me (S. S. 595), were shot at Beeston, two move, 

 male and female, were killed on the beach at Yarmouth, and on the 5th 

 of January two more, also male and female, were sent me from Salt- 

 house. Of these the male was by far the most perfect in plumage, the 

 gorget and black patch on the cheeks being nearly pure black, and 

 the shoulders very vinous in tint. In the female the yellow was less 

 vivid, and the black portions more suffused with brown ; the stomachs 

 contained only a few small black seeds and grit. 



Wood Larks. — On the 16th of January, during the most severe 

 weather, a pair of these larks were shot at Beeston, near Cromer, and 

 were, I have no doubt, migratory arrivals, this species being confined 

 almost entirely to the more western parts of the county in summer, and 

 I believe not seen for some weeks during the depth of winter, even in 

 these localities. Only the week before a correspondent in the 'Field' 

 spoke of wood larks being shot and netted by hundreds on the south 

 coast, about Brighton and other places, driven southward by the frost 

 and snow. 



Richard's Pipit. — The rarity of the season is unquestionably a 

 specimen of this rare pipit, shot on the north side of Breydon water 

 on the 27th of December, 1866. It is so seldom that an opportunity 

 offers for examining this species in the flesh, and the measurements, as 

 given by authors, vary so considerably, that I append those taken by 

 myself and Mr. Gunn, who stuffed it : — 



Length from tip of beak to end of tail - - 8J inches. 



Wing from carpal joint to end of longest quill - 3£ „ 



Extent from tip to tip of wings ... 12£ „ 



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