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1845 (Dowell); 1847, May 2nd, one near Yarmouth, one on the 19th at Salthouse, two seen at 

 Blakeney (Dowell); and on October 27th one was killed at Salthouse (Lowell); 1848, February 

 11th, one at Langham, and on the 15th of November one at Salthouse (Dowell); 1849, June, 

 one near Yarmouth, and another in the same year at Salthouse ; 1850, June 18th, one at Breydon ; 

 1852, a pair frequented the lake at Holkham throughout March and part of April; 1853-54, a 

 pair procured about this date in Hocwold fen; 1859, May 4th, one shot at Hickling; 1860, July 

 6th, one shot on Breydon; 1862, May, two shot on Breydon; 1863, May 15th, one shot at 

 Hickling, two or three seen on Breydon, and a pair shot between Lowestoft and Southwold, in 

 Suffolk, on the 1st of May; 1864, October 25th, one killed at Hickling, and one shot at Yar- 

 mouth about the same date ; 1865, May 23rd, a pair shot on Breydon, and one was killed during 

 the spring of this year at Sandringham, near Lynn; 1866, May 2nd, one shot on Breydon; 1867, 

 three or four seen in the spring about Burgh flats, but none shot; 1868, May 4th, two shot at 

 Yarmouth, and one killed on Breydon about the same time." At p. 189, Mr. Stevenson writes, 

 " from an examination of the above list of specimens it will be seen that the Spoonbill is chiefly 

 a spring and summer visitant to this country, since of those of which the date of occurrence is 

 known, only eight have appeared towards the latter part of the year — two in August, one in 

 September, three in October, and two in November, — the remainder in February (one), March 

 and April (two), May (eighteen), June (ten), and one in July, whilst the large flock at Yarmouth, 

 in 1774, is said to have arrived in April. The majority of specimens obtained are decidedly in 

 immature plumage. Unlike the Stork the Spoonbill, though similarly persecuted, does not often 

 betake itself far inland, relying mainly for subsistence on the daily renewed feast afforded by the 

 ebb and flow of our tidal waters ; and hence the large proportion of them that are seen and 

 procured on Breydon. The Salthouse marshes, until their drainage and embankment in 1851, 

 were also a most favourite resort of the Spoonbill, as well as of the Avocet, a somewhat similar 

 feeder ; but this spot is no longer adapted to their habits. An occasional straggler or two may 

 be seen, however, along the flat shores of the wash ; and Hickling, near Yarmouth, appears to 

 be the only broad that has special attractions for this singular species." Mr. Harting records it 

 from Kingsbury reservoir, close to London ; and I find various records of its occurrence on the 

 south coast of England. Mr. Gatcombe also informs me that immature birds are occasionally 

 met with on the mud banks of the tidal rivers near Plymouth. On the west coast of England it 

 is rarer than on the eastern side, and but occasional instances of its occurrence are on record. 

 Mr. Cecil Smith informs me that " it has been occasionally met with in Somersetshire ; besides 

 the one recorded by Montagu, there is the skull and bill of one in the Museum at Taunton, 

 which was shot in that county ; but no date is given." In Ireland it is likewise recorded by 

 Thompson as a rare straggler. This gentleman enumerates (B. of Ireland, ii. p. 178) many 

 instances of its occurrence, the first on record being one killed near Ballydrain, county of 

 Antrim, previous to 1808. The others are as follows: — three near Dingle, county of Kerry, in 

 February 1832; one near Swords, county of Dublin, in November 1841; one near Youghal, in 

 November 1843; one, county of Wicklow, in October 1844; one, Killag, county of Wexford, in 

 November 1844; one near Youghal, in October 1845; and one in the county of Kerry, in 

 November 1846. In several of these instances of specimens having been obtained, other 

 Spoonbills were seen but not procured. 



