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of November, at Beeston Eegis, near Cromer, and passed into my hands for 

 preservation j the other two (the sexes of which I have not ascertained) 

 were killed on the 1st of December, in the vicinity of Yarmouth. The 

 following are the correct measurements I took of the first mentioned 

 examples : — 



Male. Female. 

 Total length, beak to tail (both inclusive,) 7| inches. 7J inches. 



Extended wings to extreme tip of each ... 13f „ ■ 13 „ 



Wing from Carpal joint to tip ... ... 4 J „ 4:^q „ 



Bill — tip to base ... ... ... >> I jj 



Tail 31 „ 2f „ 



The bill is bluish black, with pale horn colour at base of lower mandible. 

 Iris, dark brown. Forehead, sulphur ; an elongated patch of same colour 

 over the eye, crown of head black ; feathers, margined with pale sulphur ; 

 from the base of bill, passing under the eyes and down the sides of neck, 

 are elongated patches of black ; throat, and bordering the above patches, 

 joining the ends of the stripes over the eyes, is of sulphur ; a broad band of 

 black runs across its chest ; back and wing coverts dark brown, feathers, 

 m.argined with paler brown ; nape of neck, and smaller wing coverts of a 

 pinkish tint, feathers of latter margmed with white ; primaries and 

 secondaries dark brown, tipped and margined with pale brown and white; tail 

 feathers, black, with the exception of the two centre which are dark brown, 

 deeply margined with paler brown, the outer feather of each side is white 

 on the outer web and tip : breast and under parts, white, flanks yellowish 

 brown, with a streak of dark brown down the centre of each feather. Legs, 

 toes, and claws, dark bluish black. The male bird as will be seen by the 

 above dimensions is the largest, his plumage is also of brighter tints and 

 more decidedly marked than the female. In dissecting their stomachs I 

 found a mixture of small black seeds and grit. 



Eichard's Pipit. This species being of rare occurrence in llTorfolk, as 

 indeed it is in all parts of Europe, the record of the recent capture of an 

 individual in this county, may prove somewhat interesting to the readers of 

 the Naturalist The example alluded to was shot in the vicinity of Yar- 

 mouth about the 27th or 28th of December ; it passed into my hands a day 

 or two afterwards for preservation, and thus afforded me ample opportunities of 

 making a few observations of this mra avis. This is the fourth instance 

 only of this species that has been known to occur in Norfolk ; the three 

 previous examples were all taken in the same neighbourhood as the above^ 



