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latter, and deposit them at Penzance or Scilly ; whereas the former would not suffer 

 at all, or much less, from lee-way, and make their passage to France. Of the 

 many goldcrests that come here I hardly ever see the crest of an elderly male. I have 

 not seen one this year, though the birds are numerous." The above remark and 

 suggestion, as to the flight of the old and young pied flycatchers, arose from my 

 suggestion as to the whole of the specimens of the bird which have come under my 

 notice, from time to time, being in the immature plumage, not being confined to 

 young birds, but to old birds in winter plumage as well. With respect to the gold- 

 crests not showing the orange-coloured under feathers of the crest, I think that this 

 may arise from these feathers being much more frequently obscured by the lemon- 

 coloured upper crest covering them. — Edward Hearle Rodd ; Penzance, November I. 



Pallas' Sand Grouse in Norfolk and Suffolk, during the Summer of 

 1863. By Henry Stevenson, Esq. 



(Second notice. See Zool. 8708—8718.) 



. In my previous paper upon the appearance of this most interesting 

 species in the above district, I traced the occurrence of specimens in 

 various localities from the 23rd of May to the 9th of July. The pair 

 recorded under the latter date I have since ascertained were purchased 

 at Lynn, and were killed on the sand-hills between Holme and Hun- 

 stanton. Through the kindness of Mr. Dix, of Ipswich, I have since 

 heard of a male bird killed at Sizewell, in Suffolk, on the 7th of July ; 

 and another, also a male, at Croxton, near Thetfoid, Norfolk, a day or 

 two later. Mr. Cole, for whom the latter bird was preserved, has 

 supplied me with the following particulars : — "It was killed on my 

 farm by one of the boys, about the 10th of July last. There were four 

 of them together at the time, feeding on turnip-seed ; the three 

 remaining ones were seen often afterwards, but could not be shot. 

 Once or twice when riding I got within shot, but never when walking. 

 Their flight is peculiar, very sharp and quick, with a humming sound." 

 From that time until the beginning of October I cannot ascertain that 

 any more birds were killed in either county, although small detached 

 parties, too wild to allow their persecutors a chance, still frequented 

 their old haunts. During the last week in July a flock of about thirty 

 were said to have appeared at Blakeney, where others had been shot, 

 but these disappeared again on the following day. In the Yarmouth 

 district my latest account of them is to the 3rd of August, on which 

 day, writes Captain Longe, " a small flock of twelve or thirteen were 

 seen near Winterton, on the beach and in the ' Field' of September 

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