4788 Tue ZooLocist—FeEBruary, 1876. 
was on the edge of another marsh-drain, and with the assistance of 
a friend who was with him at the time it was again flushed, when 
a successful shot was made. It is a female bird, and very fat. 
Its stomach contained a little brackish matter and a few hairs, 
apparently from the coat of a water vole. It is in precisely the 
same state of plumage as the other two Norfolk examples I have 
referred to. The following are its principal dimensions :— 
Total length, beak and tail included —- - 35 inches. 
Wing, carpal joint to tip - - - - 14” as 
Fully extended wings, to extreme tip ofeach - 4 feet 4 ,, 
Bill along ridge of upper mandible - . 42 ,, 
Tibia - : : - - . : ba 
Tarsus : - - - : - - Ay +3; 
Middle toe and claw” - - : 4z ,, 
Tnner 52 ; : - - - - 33 =«C«y, 
Outer 3 - - . - - 4} ,, 
Hinder sj - - - . : Be icles 
Tail - - - - - - : = Ada ss 
Hind claw or curve = - - : - ae 
Weight - - : 2 Tbs. 
The second, third and fourth primary quill-feathers are of equal 
length and longest in the wing; the first and fifth of equal length; 
but shorter than the above named. 
Great Snipe—This species seems to have arrived during the 
autumn in larger numbers than usual. In the ‘ Zoologist’ for 
October, 1875 (S. 8. 4665) I recorded the occurrence of four 
examples from East Ruston Fen, about two miles north-east of 
Stalham, a locality which seems to be rather a favourite feeding- 
ground with this species, as a few individuals are invariably ob- 
tained there each season. In October I received a fifth specimen 
from the same locality, and three most beautiful examples from 
Burgh St. Peter, between Stalham and Great Yarmouth; and on 
the 10th of November (a rather unusually late date) a male, which 
came to hand the following day, was killed on the estate of Lord 
Rendlesham in Suffolk. All these snipes were exceedingly fat— 
indeed I may say the same with regard to almost all the birds that 
have passed through my hands during the present season. 
Green Sandpiper.—A male was killed at the river side at Thorpe, 
near Norwich, on the 8th of December: its stomach was full of insect 
remains, including skins of the larve of some species of Coleoptera. 
