3324 THE ZOooLOGIST—DECEMBER, 1872. 
condition, and died after being caged a day or two. It was a very small 
specimen: had pink eyes; pale flesh-coloured legs, toes and claws; beak 
lemon-yellow. On dissection it proved to be a male. A splendid adult 
male bird was shot, on the 19th of October, at Weston, near Norwich, the 
head and neck being entirely pure white, and was beautifully mottled with 
white feathers over the rest of its plumage.—T. EH. Gunn. 
Hawfinches in Suffolk.—Two adult male hawfinches, in summer plumage, 
and a young male, were sent me from Yoxford, in Suffolk, on the 26th of 
June.—Id. 
White Sparrow near Norwich.—An albino house sparrow, an immature 
bird, with pink eyes, was obtained on the 2nd of October, at Hingham, near 
Norwich.—ZId. 
Piebald Redlegged Partridge.—A splendid old male bird, with pure 
white breast, was shot at New Buckenham, near Norwich, on the 21st of 
September.—Id. 
Length of Life of Peacocks.—TI have in my possession a peacock which 
was lately killed by accident; it had reached the age of ninety-six years. 
This fact I have been able to prove beyond all doubt, from the recollection 
of people living on the estate. It has just been beautifully stuffed by Mr. 
Edwin Ward, of Wigmore Street. The long feathers of both wings are quite 
white, which I take to be a sign of old age. For the last two or three years 
it had been getting rather feeble. Can you tell me if it is usual for these 
birds to live to such a great age?—E. D. Lee; Hartwell House, Aylesbury. 
—From the ‘ Field’ of November 9th. 
Are the Channel Islands Birds British !—I was in hopes that this vexed 
question had been finally settled by Mr. Cambridge, to whom I am much 
obliged for his solution of it, which I think is the right one, and that instead 
of “British,” we should say “Great Britain, Ireland, and the Channel 
Islands, including the Isle of Man,” which I believe is the way the Acts of 
Parliament put it. Here we are put before the Isle of Man, which nobody 
doubts to be British. I know nothing of Entomology, but I should have 
thought insect collectors would have been only too glad to be able to 
enlarge their collections, till they equal all other European collections 
together, in an area so comparatively small as that of the Channel Islands, 
instead of having to go all over Europe for the purpose.—C. B. Carey. 
Are Guernsey Birds British!—The question introduced to our notice 
by Mr. Carey (S. S. 3066) has gradually assumed a wider range, until 
Mr. Birchall, in the November ‘ Zoologist’ (S. S. 3304), has totally altered 
it, in this manner, “ Are the Channel Islands British?” and has charged 
me with giving “a qualified assent to the affirmative.” My friend has 
also chosen insects, instead of birds, as the branch of Natural History for 
enforcing his views. However numerous the lines of argument opened up 
by these deviations from the original proposition, I believe they will all be 
