4982 THe ZooLocist—Juty, 1876. 
viz., part vi., sec. ii., of “ Fauna and Flora of Norfolk.” We wait 
with impatience to see more of this. 
Having gone somewhat roughly over these ‘ Transactions,’ and 
noticed what there zs in them, we cannot conclude without noticing 
what there zs not. The first thing is the total want of any reference 
to Marine Zoology (excepting the Cetacea). It seems a very 
remarkable thing that a county with so large a seaboard as Norfolk 
should have no champion to work up that most obscure, little- 
worked, but most interesting study. We hope for better things, 
however, when the new aquarium is opened at Yarmouth, if it is 
properly constructed,—that is, the animals kept in unchanged, 
circulated water, with a dark, cool and sufficiently large reservoir,— 
and if there be a competent curator. Scientific naturalists in 
England and abroad have too often regarded aquariums as toys, 
but Dr. Anton Dohrn, with the assistance of Mr. W. A. Lloyd, 
has at Naples, out of his private fortune, set a fine example of 
what aquariums can do in the direction of real solid biological 
work. Dr. W. B. Carpenter, among other naturalists, has recently 
studied there, and is to lecture on the Naples Aquarium on the 
29th of this current June. 
We also observe that there is only one order of insects touched 
upon, that by the President. Where are the Coleopterists, 
Dipterists, and Lepidopterists? -Was there no rarity in any of 
these orders taken during 1875-6? We have little doubt that the 
prize system at the field meetings would soon bring some to light 
amongst those orders, as well as among land and freshwater shells. 
In conclusion, we will only say—even with these omissions—to 
other kindred Societies, “Go ye and do likewise !” 
STR 
Ornithological Notes from North Lincolushire. 
By Joun Corpeavux, Esq. 
(Continued from’S. S. 4899). 
APRIL AND May, 1876. 
APRIL commenced with some fine warm weather, lasting to the 
8th; after this we had a most dull, cold, and cheerless month. 
There was in many cases a very late arrival of our summer 
migrants. 
