^soTES OX THE Caspian Tern. As some uncertainty shrouds 
tlio few specimens of this very fine Tern which have been killed 
in England, the following list of Norfolk specimens, drawn up 
with the assistance of Mr. Henry Stevenson, and from various 
sources, will probably bo acceptable. 
Yarmouth. 
Immature. 
October 4th, 1825. Fide 3fessrs. 
Yarmouth. 
Yarmouth Beach. 
Paget & Hunt. 
Presented to the Norwich Museum 
in 1831 by the Eev. G. Stewart. 
1839. Tliis I believe to have 
Yarmouth. 
Immature. 
boon the specimen in the late l\fr. 
Heysham’s collection, bought by my 
father at its dispensal in 1859. 
Presented to the Norwich Museum 
Yarmouth. 
Female. 
in 1842, Avith some other birds. 
Possibly identical Avith No. 1. 
June 2nd, 1849. 
Yarmouth. 
i\falo. 
June, 1850. 
Yarmouth. 
— 
July IGtli, 1850. 
Yarmouth. 
IMale. 
August 11th, 1851. 
Yarmouth. 
IMale. 
iMay 2nd, 1862. 
J. II. Gurxev, Jux. 
Ox A SUPPOSED OCCURRENCE OF ArDEA CAXDIDISSI.MA IX NORFOLK. 
Tlio principal authority for including the Lrttlo Egret as a Norfolk 
bird, is a supposed specimen said to have been killed at Sparham 
more than fifty years ago.'^' Being engaged on a catalogue of 
Norfolk birds, I took a recent opportunity of being in London to 
run down to Twickenham, where the specimen is i^reserved ; and 
through the kindness of its owner. Dr. II. W. Diamond, I was 
allowed to see it, and compare it with an Egyptian skin brought for 
the purpose. A careful examination showed immediately that the 
Sparham bird Avas not the European Little Egret {Ardea garzetia). 
It differed from that species in having many occipital plumes — 
quite a bunch of them — about three inches long, and in other 
minor points. I concluded it might be the Asiatic species ; but 
* Stevenson’s ‘Birds of Norfolk,’ vol. ii. \\ 150. 
