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flesh : — Length 5-8 in., tarsus 1 in., e.xpanse 8 ‘5 in.* As I happened 
to ho in \ annouth when Dr. Babington’s bird was killed, I was 
enabled, through the kindness of Mr. Lowne, to take its measure- 
ments also, and, as it was perfectly fre.sh, the colour of the soft 
parts : Eye, dark brown ; mouth, pale orange-yellow ; legs, pale 
brown; toes, rather lighter. Length, G in.; tarsus, 1 in. In two 
of Mr. Power’s males the tarsus measured as much as P2 in. It 
has been .said that E. suecica always has a longer brrsus than 
E. cyanecuhis. 
IV. 
0.\ NO II FO LK AMBER. 
By' Cr.F.MENT Rfid, F.0.8. 
Read 2 C)tU yauuary, 1884 . 
During a stay of .several yeai-s on the Norfolk coast, my attention 
Yvas drawn to the Amber thrown up by the waves, usually after 
easterly winds. But the many dilhculties of Norfolk Geology, 
and the numerous other problems to be attacked, prcY'ented my 
making more than a passing allusion to the subject in the Memoir 
on the Geology of Cromer. Last summer, however, two holiday 
visits to the coast enabled me to collect further information ; and 
these notes are now brought together, principally in the liope that 
they may lead other workers to continue the observations. 
Amber is found on the Norfolk coast, usually mixed with the 
sea-Yveed thrown up by the Spring gales. ISIr. Savin has also 
obtained a small quantity from the Cromer Forest bed at one or 
two spots, but I can learn of no other instance in which the Amber 
Avas found in place. Ihe only resin-yielding trees in the Forest- 
bed are tlie Scotch and Spruce Firs, and perhaps the Silver Fir and 
* This bird was a male. 
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