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on the 14th March ; and, although it has been met with in that county 

 on a previous occasion, I am induced to trouble you with these par- 

 ticulars, hoping that it may be detected and recorded from other 

 localities, as it seems probable that it will prove to be widely distributed 

 in this country if looked for. Mr. Barrett-Hamilton mentions that he 

 has seen specimens from Herefordshire, Northamptonshire, Sussex, 

 Suffolk, and Northumberland. 



Except in size and superior length of tail this animal much 

 resembles M. sylvaticus ; the adult is a very handsome animal, a 

 beautiful chestnut colour on the sides, the hairs of the back tipped with 

 grey giving it a slightly darker tinge on that region, and the throat 

 and lower parts very pale grey, almost white, the demarcation between 

 the two colours being abrupt and striking. On the white breast is a 

 patch of orange colour extending along the forearms, and forming a 

 complete collar ; this colouration also extends a short distance towards 

 the throat and in the reverse direction along the sternum, forming a 

 conspicuous cross-shaped breast-plate. The whiskers are long, eyes 

 large and bright, and the ears large. Mr. de Winton mentions that 

 among other structural peculiarities the tail is made up of thirty 

 vertebrae, whereas in M. sylvaticus he has never found more than 

 twenty- seven. 



The measurements of the Tostock specimen, given in millimetres, 

 were as follows. In the second column are the corresponding measure- 

 ments of Mr. de Winton's male specimen, and in the third those of a 

 typical M. sylvaticus. 









M. wintoni, 



M. sylvaticus, 









adult $. 



adult $ . 



Head and 





....105 



110 



97 mm. 







.... 30 



— 



— 







.... 18 



18 



17 mm. 



Tail 





....120 



112 



85 mm. 



Hind foot 





24 



24 



23 mm. 



— Thomas Southwell (Norwich). 



AVES. 

 Great Grey Shrike in West Suffolk. — About Feb. 20th a very per- 

 fect specimen of the Great Grey Shrike (Lanius excubitor) was shot at 

 Great Barton, and sent to Bury for preservation. It is a fine old male 

 of the form known as Pallas's Grey Shrike, with one white wing-spot, 

 the back a delicate pearl-grey, the rump nearly white, and no trace of 



