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Memoranda at end of the paper-covered book. 
A Eose-coloured Ouzel was shot near Eeccles in the autumn ot 
1815. 
A Eedwing’s nest, with the old ones, were taken near Ipswich, 
at Sir P. Broke’s, at Nacton, in the spring of 1815. 
Three Spoonbills shot on the Mauningtree river, in the winter 
of 1815— IG. 
Greater Butcher-bird shot in Suffolk within a year or two 
( Lanins excubitor). It was devouring a small bird at the time. 
Herons are said to eat snakes and vipers; to bite off their heads, 
which are found under the trees where they build. This came 
from a gamekeeper at a Heronry near Orford. Very doubtful. 
A pair of Herons bred three times at Gawdy Hall, the eggs 
were taken twice, and the young once ; about the year 1808. 
Pigeons secure themselves when attacked by a Hawk, by flying 
close to the ground, and close together. 
The Avosetta breeds near Orford light-house. 
Great Auk taken at Hastings.* 
Pour Grey or Helvetian Sandpipers shot at Yarmouth. 
The Oyster catcher, when wounded, Avill dive readily to escape 
a dog (Seaman). 
A Sword-fish taken in the Orwell in the Autumn of 1814. 
Great Auk taken at Hastings. 
Ping-ouzel shot near Ipswich. 
Martins perished by cold and hunger, Juno, 1816. 
Dottrel about Choseley, spring, 1816. 
Bustards, a pair, ditto. 
Jackdaws and Starlings destroy Pigeons’ eggs in Dove-houses ; 
the former will kill the old ones on their nests (Mr. H. North). 
See Shaw for an account of the Gulls at Scoulton. 
Wryneck and Woodpeckers furnished with curious muscles, to 
enable them to dart out their long tongues. 
The manner in which a Woodcock kills a worm. 
* This information, which is repeated a few lines lower down, was doubt- 
less received from one of Whitear’s friends or relatives at Hasting.s, where' 
he spent his boyhood, but very slight value must be attached to it in the 
absence of any corroborative evidence. 
