4632 Tur ZooLocist—OcTOoBER, 1875. 
orange—a sort of orange and vermilion blended. The following 
were the principal measurements :-— 
Length from tip of bill to end of tail - - - - 14 inches. 
Bill, along the upper mandible - - - = nies 
Wing, from carpal iu to end of first een Or Bice Deans 
Tasus . - - 46 ,, 
Tibia, bare portion - - - - - - =) Moeeeas 
Middle toe and claw - - - - - : = 2 ees 
Irides rich red, almost vermilion. The tongue is short for the 
length of the bill, and fits, as it were, into a groove, being just one 
inch and three-eighths short of the tip of the beak. The last 
specimen procured in Norfolk was also a female shot on Hickling 
Broad on the 7th of May, 1842, but one which escaped the Yar- 
mouth gunners was seen on the beach on the 19th of May, 1866. 
I believe a record of a pair of stilt plovers having been seen at 
Eastbourne, in May of this year, appeared in ‘ Land and Water.’ 
Spotled Redshank.—About the 15th of May a remarkably fine 
example of this species was killed at Yarmouth—certainly the 
darkest-plumaged bird I have seen, killed in this county. 
Summer Migrants.—Yor the following dates of arrival of our 
summer visitants I am chiefly indebted to Mr. J. H. Gurney, 
of Northrepps, and Mr. R. J. W. Purdy, of Woodgate House, 
Aylsham :— 
Chiffchaff. March 27th, Northrepps. 
Wryneck. April 15th, Keswick and Aylsham. 
Redstart. April 17th, Keswick. 
Swallow. April 19th, Keswick and Aylsham. 
Ring Ouzel. April 19th, Northrepps. 
Cuckoo. April 20th, Northrepps and Keswick; 2Ist, Aylsham. 
Willow Wren. April 21st, Northrepps. 
Blackeap. April 26th, Northrepps. 
Sand Martin. April 21st, Aylsham ; 28th (large flock), Northrepps. 
Great Whitethroat. May 3rd, Northrepps; 8th, Aylsham. 
Goatsucker. May 5th, Northrepps; 19th, Aylsham. 
Turtle Dove. May 6th, Northrepps; 7th, Aylsham. 
Redbacked Shrike. May 10th, Northrepps. 
House Martin. May 8rd, Aylsham. 
Nightingale. April 20th, Aylsham. Unusually abundant and 
tuneful round Norwich, though I did not hear them myself till the 
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