466 mr. a. h. Patterson’s natural history 
Breydon-side loungers, who quite sympathise with my 
“ eccentricities.” 
Soles were extremely numerous in the neighbourhood in 
July. Several shrimpers exchanged their shrimp-dredges for 
the trawl. I saw 56 pairs in a shrimp shop one day that had 
been taken in two 16 feet beam trawls. On Breydon some 
excellent fish were taken. 
On July 10th a two-feet 7-lb. Scomber, hitherto unrecognised 
as British, came to hand fresh from the roadstead. The 
species was determined by Mr. Southwell as Scomber thunnina, 
and satisfactorily confirmed by the British Museum authorities. 
It was preserved by Mr. Roberts and is now in Yarmouth 
Tolhouse Museum. 
On July 13th for the first time I saw Leach’s Prawn 
(Palcemon leachii). On the same date I obtained two alive, 
one in full berry, which the poor wretch, on being dropped 
into formalin, immediately shed. I found at another shrimper’s 
a fourth lying on a board amongst a heap of boiled Shrimps ; 
thus making up a goodly number, in one day, of a species 
hitherto unrecorded for Norfolk. 
A considerable influx of Sea Trout ( Salmo trutta) occurred 
in the middle of July. Fifty pounds weight were netted in one 
night. One fine fish scaled 16 J lbs., and several weighedi2 lbs. 
On July 21st I saw and watched for some time a Pelican 
sitting in the middle of Breydon, not far from my houseboat. 
The evening was still, and not a bird came near it. Its pouch 
was full (presumably of flounders), and it was somnolent 
most of the time I saw it. Continuous south-westerly 
winds, and a continuation of abnormal heat would possibly 
account for its wandering here. I am always chary of possible 
“ escapes,” but feel quite satisfied the bird was a genuine 
wanderer. 
On J uly 23rd a remarkably deformed Salmon came to hand. 
The snout immediately from before the eyes turned round 
in a perfectly circular fashion, and was lost under the roof of 
the mouth, the lower jaw and tongue-end protruding in the 
normal manner, some way in front of this “ forehead.” The 
fish, which was in good condition, was eaten. 
