mr. a. patterson’s natural history notes from Yarmouth. 
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NATURAL HISTORY NOTES FROM YARMOUTH. 
By A. H. Patterson. 
Read 28 th March, 1905. 
1904. 
March 17th, 1904. A fine female example of the Masked 
Crab ( Corystcs cassivelaunus) was brought to me from a 
shrimp-boat. 
On March 19th, a small, and somewhat dilapidated fish 
came into my hands, having been netted that day by a 
shrimper. It was in spawn. I believed it to be a Montagu’s 
Sucker (L. montagui), and forwarded it to Mr. T. Southwell, 
who expressed the same opinion. On the 28th, my shrimper 
friend, who had been on the alert, brought me another, also a 
female, and full of ova. Length 2 J inches. This proved 
satisfactorily to be L. montagui, and new to my Yarmouth 
list. L. montagui spawns in March and April, its relative 
spawning in January and February. It is most abundant in 
summer, taken both in draw and shrimp-nets ; and is 
usually found gorged with the common Shrimp. 
March 26th. Visited the Breydon watcher in his ark. 
Jary handed me his note book, wherein I found he had seen 
200 Wigeon drop in on a N.E. wind on March nth. On the 
14th, hundreds of Dunlins arrived accompanied by some 
Redshanks. A day or two later “ thousands of Dunlins and 
Ringed Plovers ” were noted. Wind W.N.W. with fine rain. 
On the 24th, some Pintail Ducks. Wind N.E. strong. 
