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annidicornis, a most abundant local Prawn, known as the "Pink 

 Shrimp," lives only two minutes after leaving the water in 

 summer ; in winter it will live two days in a dark cool place. 

 "Yellow" Shrimps {Crangon trispinosus, the Three-spined 

 Shrimp) for some weeks evaded me, but " set-in " abundantly 

 in June. 



" We don't want 'em," say the shrimpers, " for when they 

 come the pink 'uns say ' good-bye ' ! " And although there is no 

 need why these should quarrel, there certainly is a falling-off at 

 the season of the " yellow's " advent ; this the shrimpers rather 

 absurdly imagine is more than a coincidence. Crangon spinosus 

 (the Spinous Shrimp) was added to my list early in June; I have 

 a couple of examples. For the first time, to my knowledge, 

 Portumnus variegatus visited Breydon ; it shed every leg on 

 finding itself in methylated spirits, and died unrepentant. Nika 

 edulisw&s several times met with; and Leach's Prawn (Palamon 

 leachi) was discovered on July 12th by Mr. Spanton, who knew 

 it for " something new." Next day he kindly brought me two 

 freshly-captured individuals, and on placing one in formalin, it 

 immediately shed all its ova. Soon after I found another boiled 

 example on a shrimper's board. An exquisitely marked and 

 highly-coloured Palcemon came to hand, the like of which I had 

 never before seen, but the Natural History Museum people 

 damped my enthusiasm by pronouncing it but a gaudy example 

 of Pandalus annulicornis. Several pints of Crangon trispinosus, 

 taken on July 18th by Mr. Spanton. Norwegian Lobsters 

 (Nephrops norvegicus) have been abundantly on sale this summer. 

 They hail from the North Sea, and are brought in by trawlers ; 

 I have two or three curiously malformed j>incer claws of this 

 pretty species. 



