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recorded from Holkham (1875), Kelling Heath (1877) ; from information 
received I believe there is one ‘ set’ left. 
Phocide.—The common seal (Phoca vitulina) occurs rather too plenti- 
fully in the Wash, lying between the Norfolk and Lincolnshire coasts, 
and several are sometimes seen upon the sandbanks off Blakeney Point. 
The ringed or marbled seal (P. hispida) was killed on the coast in 1846. 
The grey seal (Holicherus gryphus) ; a specimen killed on Breydon in 
1882 is now in the Castle Museum. 
Cetacea—The Atlantic right whale (Balena biscayensis). A small one 
is said to have been taken near Yarmouth in 1784. 
Common rorqual (Balenoptera musculus). One entered Yarmouth 
Harbour some thirty years ago; Winterton 1857; Happisburgh 1875 ; 
and one was found floating dead in the Lynn Roads the same year. 
Lesser rorqual (B. rostrata). One was recorded in 1891; a dead 
specimen was stranded at Gorleston in 1896. 
Beaked or bottle-nose whale (Hyperoodon rostratum) has occurred 
several times. 
Grampus or killer (Orca gladiator). ‘Two very small ones were brought 
into Yarmouth, November 13 and 19, 1894. 
White-beaked dolphin (Delphinus) is recorded from Yarmouth, 
Gorleston and Breydon. 
Porpoise (Phocena communis) is seen off the coast; has been known 
to enter the river ; and found stranded upon the mud at Breydon. 
Sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus). Sir Thomas Browne records 
stranded specimens on the coast about 1626 and 1646 ; no modern instance 
is known. 
Pilot whale (Globicephalus melas) was washed ashore at Mundesley 
1879. 
Rodentia.—The red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) is seen in many parts 
of the county, and as far as my knowledge goes the grey squirrel has not 
yet obtained a footing. 
The dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius). This rodent has been 
seldom met with, and only in the Waveney valley. 
Harvest mouse (Micromys minutus). This species is sometimes met 
with during threshing operations ; its distribution at the present time is 
local, largely as the result of modern harvesting methods. 
Long-tailed field mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus). This is widespread, 
being encountered in sheds and dwellings in winter ; it occurs in marsh- 
land as well as in drier situations. 
The house mouse (Mus musculus) is only too common. 
The black rat (Epimys rattus) is still to be found in cellars and malt- 
houses bordering the river at Yarmouth, and doubtless shipping is re- 
sponsible for its re-introduction ; brown forms, determined by A. H. 
Patterson as E. alexandrinus, are occasionally met with. 
The brown rat (EZ. norvegicus) is common everywhere. 
The water vole (Arvicola amphibius) is a common resident of the Broads 
district, where banks of dykes are frequently tunnelled ; it has been known 
to eat swan mussels, which it carries on to the dyke banks. 
The common field vole (Microtus agrestis) with its variety hirsutus, 
