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thorough insight into the habits of the fishes, birds, and the smaller 
mammalia of Norfolk, which caused his work, published in 1845, 
to take at once a foremost place amongst local faunas, and to 
assume, for all time, the position of a standard authority. His 
various tours in Scotland, Wales, and Normandy, in company with 
his friend, Charles Girdlestone, have been already referred to, as 
also his more important tour on the continent, in 1830 — 31. In 
1837 he was presented to the living of Eccles, near Attleborough, 
by his brother-in law, Sir T. 1>. Beevor, Bart., where ho resided 
till his death, which took place on the 25th of November, 1870. 
Mr. Lubbock was for some years an active member of the Committee 
ot the Norfolk and Norwich Museum, whose objects he promoted 
by a course of lectures on natural history and other topics, lie 
was chosen an Honorary. Member of this Society soon after its 
formation, and a more extended memoir will be found in its 
Transactions (vol. ii. part iii. pp. 292 — 300).] 
I. 
Yarmouth 
Norfolk 
Jas' 4tji 1822. 
My Dear Lubbock, 
First to give you all the information I can procure 
with respect to Jack Snipes. The person I have consulted, is old 
Standford, who has been a Snipe shooter ever since his childhood, 
and was bred, and born, in a Snipe country : and he tells me he 
never saw a Jack Snipe in the Summer. Mr. G. Lucas* told me a 
little time since, that he saw a collection of eggs, belonging to 
a gentleman, which was nearly complete with all the species 
indigenous to this country, and they shewed him some eggs which 
they assured him were Jack Snipe’s, and taken in this country, 
which lie seemed, and told me that he was, very dubious as to the 
truth of. We always have a large flight of Whole Snipes about 
* The gentleman here mentioned was no doubt the late Rev. George 
Lucas who, at that time, resided at Little Ormesby, near Yarmouth. lie 
was both a naturalist, and sportsman, and Rector of Catfield and Billockby. 
