464 MR. A. H. PATTERSON’S NATURAL HISTORY 
Prawns (P. varians ) which he boiled in a “ promiscous lot.” 
They ate fairly sweet, but when one remembers what is 
sometimes lying in the muddy channel, half the zest of 
appreciation was taken away. 
Two living Sea Anemones brought me, which I kept for 
a few days in a tank ; one was a fine Ringed Deeplet ( Bolocera 
eques) and the other a beautiful example of Stomphia churchice. 
In May I made some experiments that, to me, were very 
diverting : I placed a Three-spined Stickleback ( Gasterosteus 
aculeatus ) into fresh water, and after two days’ quietude there, 
I transferred it to a tank of sea- water, with some Whelks, 
a Sea-anemone, and a Risso’s Crab ( Xantho rivulosa) for 
companions. Here it seemed perfectly at home for five days, 
when I again dropped it into fresh water with some small 
Carp. Nothing appeared to upset the little fellow’s 
equanimity. 
On June 5th a Jago’s Goldsinny ( Ctenolabrus rupestris) 
was brought me in one of my shrimp bottles. This is the 
first record for the Norfolk coast. 
On June 6th a young Dunlin was observed on Breydon, 
and several next day. 
On June gth Crangon spinosus, the Spiny Shrimp, came to 
hand for the first time. The red spots, and the characteristic 
white band on the fourth segment, as described by Gosse, 
added to the short second pair of legs are unmistakable. 
It was heavy in ova. 
Hippolyte cranchii turned up plentifully this season. It is 
a short stuggy little creature. 
The shifting of the Scoter Ducks (which were regular winter 
frequenters off the shore between Yarmouth and Caister) to 
the bay-like gap south of Gorleston is significant. North of 
the Bell Buoy there existed a few years ago a considerable 
Mussel ( Modiola ) bed, on which these birds fed. An incursion 
of Cross-fish (Starfish) completely eradicated this “ lay.” and 
this season only empty valves were dredged up by the shrimp- 
boats. 
When a shrimp-boat gets its net fast to a piece of sunken 
wreck the shrimper has often to remain there the remainder 
