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MR. A. PATTERSON’S NATURAL HISTORY 
On March 28th, the first example of the Smooth Hermit 
Crab ( Paguris Icevis), I have met with here, was taken in a 
shrimp-net ; it was inhabiting the shell of Mur ex erinaceus. 
Six Brent Geese for a number of days in March frequented 
Breydon ; I saw them there on the 26th. They remained 
until the middle of April (last seen on 16th). 
April 8th. I observed a number of Dunlins still as grey 
as in the depth of winter. 
April 14th. A 2 1 inch Rock Goby ( Gobius niger ) taken by 
a shrimper. Another April 20th. 
April 19th. A Twait Shad ( Clupea fmta) taken, with ten 
spots on each side, 
April 19th. A solitary Spoonbill on Breydon. Wind N.N.E. 
Contrary to my usual experience, and his own, I observed that 
the Gulls mobbed him continually, and allowed him very little 
rest. The first appearance of a stranger is apt, however, 
to make these birds restless and inquisitive, not to say quarrel- 
some. 
On April 20th, several Gasteropods of the order Nudi- 
branchiata were brought me by a shrimper, I believed them 
to be Molidia papillosa. With them were several examples 
of the Little Squid. 
April 23rd. Eleven Wigeon still on Breydon. A Plaice, 
13 inches in length, came into my hands, whose dorsal and 
anal fins completed a half circle by running below and joining 
under the tail. 
April 25th. Another female Montagu’s Sucker taken. 
A fine example of the Bellows — or Trumpet-fish — reached 
me on April 28th, from Milford Haven, through a fish 
merchant then located in that vicinity. It measured y\ inches 
from the tip of the snout to the tip of the tail. It has been 
placed in Yarmouth Museum. As yet this species is not 
recorded for the Norfolk Coast. 
May nth. Seven Spoonbills on Breydon. Also two 
Avocets, and a few Lesser Terns. 
May 16th. Two Angler-fish ( Lophius piscatorius) taken in 
shrimp-nets. 
On June 7th two interesting fishes turned up, viz. : — a 
