4652 THE ZooLocist—OcToBER, 1875. 
I have no doubt that future researches in similar localities will 
not only offer a confirmation of the views, as based upon the 
results of these excavations, but give us still more material 
towards a better knowledge of the life and manners of the primitive 
people who exterminated the gigantic birds once inhabiting these 
islands. 
Juyius HAAstT. 
Seal on the Norfolk Coast.—A fine young specimen of the common seal 
was captured on the sea-beach at Palling on the 2nd of September, 1875, 
and brought to me the following day. The dimensions, which I took 
immediately, were as follows :— 
Length, from tip of nose to end of tail - - 87 inches. 
Head - - - - = NOE. 
Girth of body just ra fore feat : - = 7 SO0Re sy, 
Diameter of eye : - - : - er 
Tail, when skinned” - - - 3 Olek 
Width of fore flapper, when fully ieee’ 5) eae 
» hind flapper, * - ee ts De es 
Weight, two stone exactly. 
—T. E. Gunn; St. Giles Street, Norwich. 
Albinism or Leucotism in Birds.—I have in my collection several speci- 
mens which will answer to the above denomination. A few years since, on 
the 8rd of October, I shot from a flock a white linnet. On examining the 
bird I found a very large tick, such as are found on sheep, firmly attached 
to the back of its neck, just above the shoulder. The inside of the skin was 
of a very pale colour, except at the point where the tick had embedded its 
head through the skin, where a much darker colour prevailed, radiating to 
a lighter for some distance. The bird retained the rose-colour at the tips of 
the breast feathers. Was not the tick—having extracted the colouring matter 
at its moulting time—the cause of its becoming white? I have also a white 
knot, which I shot in September, apparently a bird of the year; the beak and 
legs were of a light colour; eyes not noted. I have a sky lark, stonechat, 
starling and jackdaw, all similar to the above—H. Nicholls; Roseland, 
Kingsbridge. 
British Birds’ Eggs wanted in Exchange for those of North America,— 
Will you have the kindness to place me in communication with a few 
oologists who desire to exchange eggs of birds of your country for those of 
North America? I wish to Bb iain as many of your species as possible, 
and will help to increase the collection of any gentleman who will favour 
me by exchanging. Address:—IW. K. Ashmead; Zoological Gardens, 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America. 
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