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which this bird is said to show to stony ground, in preference to sand 

 or mud. It is very seldom met with here. 



White Stork {Ciconia alba). As I was walking on the beach, on 

 the morning of the 10th of May last, I observed a bird of this species 

 coming over from seawards. When it first came over the shore, it 

 was flying so low that I could plainly distinguish its long legs stretched 

 out behind, like those of the heron, the black bar across the wings, 

 formed by the quill feathers and wing coverts, contrasting strongly 

 with the pure white of the rest of the plumage. I watched it for 

 some minutes, as, after taking two or three turns over the houses, it 

 slowly soared to an immense height, and then went steadily off* in a 

 south-westerly direction. It was shot the next day, about six miles 

 from Yarmouth, and has, I believe, been since placed in the Norwich 

 Museum. 



Purple Sandpiper, here " Scandinavian Sandpiper," {Trwga mari- 

 tima). The number of specimens taken varies very nnich every year. 

 In 1841 I saw but one specimen, which occurred October 23rd. In 

 1842, from October 22nd to December 10th inclusive, it was compa- 

 ratively common. 



Buff*-breasted Sandpiper (Trhiga riifescens). A specimen shot here 

 September 22nd, 1841. 



Wood Sandpiper {Totanus glareola). I saw this bird at a dealer's 

 August 23rd, 1841, since which time I have not heard of its occuiTence. 



Great Snipe [Scolopax major). Twelve or thirteen of these birds 

 were shot in the beginning of September last, near Lowestoft. Three 

 w ere killed on the 8th of that month, in one day, by the same party. 



Grey Pholarope [PJtalaropus lohalus). One was killed November 

 23rd, 1841 ; another November 2nd, 1842. One or two are generally 

 killed every year about this time. 



Black-winged Stilt [Himantopus melanopterus). Occuri'ed here 

 about May 7th, 1842. 



Avocet [Recurvirostra Avocetta). Was shot in May and July last, 

 and I have already communicated to you the late occurrence of this 

 bird (Zool. 148), since which two more have been seen in Breydon, 

 and one of them shot. 



Hooper or Whistling Swan [Anas Cygnus). I saw three of these 

 at a dealer's, on the 24th of last December. They were all appa- 

 rently birds of the first year. 



Little Auk [Alca Alle). A great many of these birds appeared in 

 the latter part of October, 1841. One whicli had been taken by a 



