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■ Richard's Pipit [Anthus Ricardi). Was shot here November 22nd, 

 1841 ; another example in the following April : a third specimen was 

 shot on the 24th instant, on the Denes, between Yarmouth and Cais- 

 ter, and within a few days of the time at which one of this species 

 was met with here last year. It was shot by the same person who 

 killed the last specimen, he having instantly recognized its loud note 

 and peculiar manner of walking and feeding. These birds appear to 

 vary considerably in size. Mr. Yarrell makes the length of the male 

 bird six inches and three quarters.* The specimen killed here last 

 April was said to measure seven inches and a quarter, while this bird 

 measured, before it was stuffed, seven inches and five-eighths in 

 length, and twelve inches in the extent of its wings. The lower man- 

 dible of the beak, when 1 first saw it, had a purplish tint, which has 

 since changed to a dull red. The second outside tail-feather on each 

 side, described as being in part dull white, and having the brown co- 

 lour on the inner web extending over a larger surface than in the 

 outside feather, has also in this bird a black shaft, which, being sur- 

 rounded with white, forms, when the tail is spread, a very conspicuous 

 mark on each side. The base of the outer web of this feather, of 

 which I enclose a drawing, is also black, and the edges of the quill 



Second outside tail-feather of Eichard's Pipit, 



feathers are light brown. I found it, upon dissection, to be a male. 

 The gizzard was filled with several species of flies and gnats, amongst 

 which I noticed the remains of the ladybird and of a species of 

 ichneumon. 



Hoopoe, (Upnpa Epops). A specimen of the hoopoe was shot near 

 this place on the 5th instant. At all times rare in this county, it is 

 much more so at this season of the year, being generally met with in 

 the autumn. 



Kentish Plover, called here " Alexandrian Plover," ( Charadrius 

 Cantianus). A specimen (male) was brought me on the 1 7th instant. 

 It was killed on a small lump of stones and shingle, which is, I be- 

 lieve, the only spot on Breydon left uncovered, except by very high 

 tides . I mention this circumstance as corroborative of the attachment 



* See YaneU's ' Biilibh Birds,' i. 398. 



