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THE ZOOLOGIST. 



Carp, which never take a hook, and Tench also are found. On one 

 occasion some ditches had been "fved out," and the great accu- 

 mulation of Anacharis and other weeds removed, when hundreds 

 of very small Tench took up their quarters there, and grew 

 most rapidly. He referred to the partial migration of Bream 

 which at certain periods came to the Broad in shoals, returning 

 to the rivers at other seasons — a subject well worth studying. 

 The Mullet, that in the earlier half of the last century were 

 abundant on the Oulton Broad in August, were now much 

 scarcer, and came in May ; they delighted in lukewarm water 

 that was constant around certain works. 



Mr. Everitt, in conjunction with some other sportsmen inter- 

 ested in game-fishes, near the end of the seventies turned down 

 in various directions sundry " finger-length Kainbow Trout, 

 Salmon (Salmo salar), and half-breds " from Bungay downwards, 

 but they were never afterwards heard of, probably falling a prey 

 to Eels, Pike, and other ichthyophagous creatures. Golden 

 Tench, nine inches in length, were turned out into various ponds 

 at Haveringham, Oulton, and Park's Hill. At the former places 

 they did not thrive, the Herons no doubt finding them out. At 

 the latter place they seem to have done well, growing to fourteen 

 inches and scaling three pounds. There were also small ones 

 discovered, which suggests multiplication. 



Some " Looking-glass " Carp {Cyprinus specularis) were 

 turned into a North Cove pond at a little later period, but did not 

 prosper ; Mr. Everitt thinks that the Otters, which he pronounced 

 "still too common" (!), found them out and destroyed them. 



I visited Lowestoft on July 22nd (1909), taking a ramble 

 on my way around Oulton Broad and Lake Lothing, my prin- 

 cipal objective being an inspection of the natural history speci- 

 mens exhibited in the well-known 1 Wherry Hotel ' at Oulton. 

 Herein I found a very interesting collection of birds, including a 

 Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea), Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia), 

 Pallas's Sand Grouse (Syrrhaptes paradoxus), and others, all 

 shot in the neighbourhood. Here also were numerous cases of 

 preserved fishes, of rare or record celebrity, among them being 

 a Bream (Abramis brama) of 6| lb. With it is cased a 2| lb. fish 

 which I believed to be a hybrid Bream x Boach. Both fish 

 were taken on Aug. 13th, 1881, A Black Bass (Centropristes 



