412 THE ZOOLOGIST. 



on the remains of a Whale stranded on the beach there. One 

 taken alive in decoy at Fritton, December, 1878. I observed one 

 circling high above head, autumn of 1879. Example shot at 

 Belton, Dec. 9th, 1882 ; one on Breydon, May 2nd, 1892. 



Asturpalumbarius. Gos-Hawk. — B. "Very rare — a fine speci- 

 men shot in 1833 " (Paget). A male taken at Catfield in April, 

 1854 ; a female taken on a fishing-boat off Yarmouth in 1886 

 (Connop Catalogue) ; an adult female at Somerleyton, March 

 29th, 1893. 



Accipiter nisus. Sparrow-Hawk. — F. C. Beceives additions 

 in the autumn. An unusual invasion in September, 1881. I 

 found several dead on the beach after a gale ; one struck a gas- 

 lamp exhausted on the 22nd. The majority were females. 



Milvus ictinus. Kite. — A. Very rare in the Pagets' time. 

 Only occurs as an occasional passing migrant. An example 

 killed at Martham, December, 1865. 



Pemis apivorus. Honey-Buzzard. — K. An uncertain autumn 

 visitor. Several shot in September, 1881 ; several records 

 previous. One shot at Lound in September, 1882, had the crop 

 filled with larvae of Wasps (B. of S.). Babington also records 

 one shot at Somerleyton in spring of 1854, in the stomach of 

 which remains of Blackbird's eggs were found. 



Falco peregrinus. Peregrine Falcon. — B. Occasionally shot 

 on passage. The two or three I have seen in the flesh were 

 males. 



F. subbuteo. Hobby. — B. B. " Not uncommon in summer " 

 (Paget). Has been once recorded at Yarmouth in February. A 

 male example shot at Caister on Oct. 2nd, 1882 (Connop Cata- 

 logue). 



F. vespertinus. Bed -footed Falcon. — B. " One shot in a 

 marsh by Breydon in 1832. . . . Three more were shot in same 

 year at Horning " (Paget). An immature male specimen obtained 

 at Somerleyton, July 12th, 1862. 



F, cesalon. Merlin. — N. U. A fairly regular and not un- 

 common autumnal immigrant. Occasionally dashes into the nets 

 of the birdcatchers. A young one caught at sea, Oct. 11th, 1882. 

 I have observed it dead on the beach. 



F. tinnunculus. Kestrel. — C. Still fairly common, and in 

 autumn it is nothing unusual to see three or four at once 



