730 The Zoologist— May, 18G7. 



Beak along the upper mandible ... gtlis of an inch. 



Tail ------ 3$ inches. 



Tarsi - - - - - - H >»ch. 



Middle toe and claw - - - - lj „ 



Hind claw only ----- Jtbs of an inch. 



Ditto with toe - If inch. 



This bird on dissection proved to be a female, and the stomach 

 contained fragments of small beetles and grit. This is the fourth 

 specimen obtained in Norfolk, all of them having been procured in 

 the neighbourhood of Yarmouth. The three previous examples were 

 all shot on the Dean, between Yarmouth and Caistor; the first on the 

 22nd of November, 1841, the next in the following April, and the 

 third on the 24th of April, 1843 (see Zool. 181). 



Quail. — The appearance of these birds at odd times, when least 

 expected, and above all in such a winter, is very puzzling ; one was 

 shot at Yarmouth during the first week in January. Mr. Gurney has 

 also recorded (Zool. S. S. 607) the appearance of six quails, in good 

 condition and quite fresh, in Leadenhall Market, on the 4th of January, 

 all sent from the neighbourhood of Belfast. 



Henry Stevenson. 



Norwich, March 14, 1867. 



Ornithological Notes from West Sussex. 

 By W. Jeffery, jun., Esq. 



(Continued from S. S. 599). 



January, 1867. 

 Migrations. — Winter setting in in earnest, and so suddenly, too, at 

 the commencement of the new year, caused a very hasty migration on 

 the part of some of our feathered friends. On the morning of the 2nd 

 of January, a fall of snow having hidden the ground during the 

 previous night, a continuous stream of birds was observed passing 

 overhead, consisting principally of sky larks, but also of blackbirds, 

 fieldfares, missel thrushes, song thrushes, redwings and other small 

 birds, occasionally intermixed with peewits and golden plovers. This 

 flight of birds extended on either side for many miles, very probably 

 the whole length of the county. It was noticed on the western border 

 of the county, and as far eastward as Arundel j of the part east of this 



