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Birds. 



or five passed into the hands of a game-dealer at Yarmouth, by whom 

 they were sold to various collectors, both here and at a distance, which 

 accounts for the different notices of these Horsey birds which have 

 appeared in the c Times ' and e Field and the female noticed in the 

 latter journal (June 13th), by Mr. Ward, as "killed on a sand hill a 

 few miles from Yarmouth," is, I believe, one of them. 



June 10 and 15. — Six brace, males and females, all shot at Holme, 

 near Hunstanton, Norfolk. The first pair of these birds were noticed 

 by Mr. M. Dodman, in the* ' Field' (June 13th), as killed at Titchwell; 

 but they were actually shot on the sand hills at Holme, an adjoining 

 village. In a subsequent letter to Mr. Southwell, of Fakenham, Mr. 

 Dodman says : — "Two brace more have since come into my pos- 

 session, one of which I gave to a friend (sent to Norwich on the 12th 

 for preservation) ; the other pair were too much shot for stuffing. 

 There have been as many as six brace or six brace and a half shot at 

 the. same time and at the same spot. A pair are gone to the Wisbech 

 Museum, and the others have passed into private hands. A pair were 

 also seen on the sand hills at Brancaster on Sunday last (June 7th)." 

 In the ' Field ' of June 27th Mr. Dodman states, " A covey of sixteen 

 were seen here (Titchwell) on Sunday," the 21st instant ; and those 

 referred to by Mr. F. Tearle (Hunstanton), in the 'Field' of July 4th, 

 are evidently some of the specimens above described. 



June 11 and 13. — Four females and one male killed at Thorpe, near 

 Alborough, Suffolk. Mr. Hele, of Alborough, has noticed these, as 

 well as the first Suffolk bird, in the 'Field' (June 13th and 20th); 

 and Mr. Dix, of Ipswich, has also sent me further particulars, a pair 

 of them having come into his possession. As many as fifteen or six- 

 teen appear to have been seen in this locality up to the 13th of June. 



June 17. — One male killed at Winterton, Norfolk. This bird is no 

 doubt one of the Horsey covey, which, I had previously heard, had 

 been seen since the 10th on Winterton Warren, situated close to the 

 sea between Horsey and Yarmouth, and where, I believe, some few 

 of these birds still remain. 



June 20. One female from Yarmouth, in tlffe possession of Mr. C. 

 Newcome, of Feltwell. 



June 22 ? — One male shot at Morston, near Blakeney. Of this bird 

 Mr. Woods, of Morston, has kindly sent me the following particulars : 

 — " I shot a sand grouse in one of my ploughed fields, about three 

 weeks since. There were nine when I first saw them. I thought 

 from their habits and appearance they were golden plovers in their 

 summer plumage. When 1 saw the description in the papers of the 



