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improbable supposition to view my specimen as a truly British-bom and 

 indigenous individual. The names Cistudo europaea and Erays lutaria 

 are treated as synonyms by some authors, but even should not that be 

 quite correct, it is very probable a mistake may have been committed 

 in naming the imperfect Norfolk remains Emys lutaria of Gray. The 

 spotted fresh-water tortoise lives in lakes and marshes, some of which 

 are situated in the extreme south of Europe, others as far north as 

 Prussia, and it is said to bury itself in the mud during the greater part 

 of the summer, and to hide in some hole on land in winter." — Edwin 

 Brown, in Zool. 8238. 



Edward Newman. 

 (To be coDlinued.) 



Otter in Sufiolk. — A fine male otter, weighing twenty-five pounds, was shot on the 

 20th of January at Halesworth : it passed into my hands for preservation. — 

 T. E. Gunn; 21, Regent Street, Norwich. 



Peregrine Falcon in Kent. — On the 18th of October I saw a large peregrine falcon 

 flying over Cobham Park. Mr. Power records seeing one on the 1st of October, which 

 might have been the same. I have been much pleased to see so many communications 

 to the ' Zoologist' from Kentish naturalists, viz., Messrs. Power, Hunter and Skinner. 

 It is very interesting to compare my notes with theirs, as sometimes, as in this case, 

 we seem almost to be speaking of the same bird, for Faversham is witbiu twelve or 

 fifteen miles of Cobham. — Clifton ; Eton, February 1, 1869. 



Peregrine Falcon near Brighton. — Another male was shot, on the 1 1th of February, 

 near Rotiingdean, by Mr. G. R. Gulhrie : this, with the male of the 9th of November, 

 makes the sixth obtained by that gentlemam. — T. W. Wonfor; Hon. See. Brighton 

 and Sussex Nat. Hist. Society. 



Lesser Kestrel near York. — Some time since the editor requested Mr. Newton to 

 investigate a lesser kestrel said to have been obtained at Cambridge, and it turned out 

 to be only the common species. Mr. Allis. however, informs me that a real one has 

 been shot by a gentleman farmer near York and presented to the Museum. — 

 /. H. Gurney,jun. 



The Black Kite at Alnwick. — I am not aware that Mr. Hancock's black kite has been 

 noted in ihe 'Zoologist.' It was trapped in the red-deer park at Alnwick, by a keeper 

 who thought it was a " moor buzzard," and it came up to Newcastle, in the flesh, to 

 Mr. Bales, a birdstuffer, on the 11th of May, 1866. It was rather bloody, therefore 

 Mr. Hancock simply skinned it. Sir Robert Sibbald speaks of the "black gled" as 

 a former inhabitant of Scotland. — Id. 



Roughlegged Buzzards in Norfolk. — On the 2nd of December, 1868, a male was 

 obtained at Manuington: weight two pounds and a half. A second bird, also a male 



