6o8 MR. A. H. PATTERSON’S NATURAL HISTORY 
recently captured a Sea-Angler ( Lophius piscatorius) in a 
smelt-net on Breydon, from which, on opening it. he obtained 
the following assortment of fishes : — 
4 Flounders, the size of one’s hand, 
i “ Slip ” (small Sole). 
3 Viviparous Blennies (“Eel-pouts”). 
6 “ Whitebait ” (young Herrings). 
And on the previous day (May 25th) he had observed five 
Knots in the “ red ” ; and as many, on May 13th, as fifty or 
sixty, a very rare circumstance of late years on the spring 
migration. 
On the 26th May, a nearly adult Gannet ( Sula bassana) 
had entangled itself in the Mackerel nets off the Norfolk 
coast ; a very late date for its presence in this neighbourhood. 
It was brought in by its captors, who, not knowing what to 
do with it, threw it into the river, from whence it was retrieved 
by an old man with a boat-hook. On the 29th I was asked 
to go and see it ; it sat very contented in a large hamper, 
and snatched fish from its captor’s hands as eagerly as if it 
had been brought up to the manner. It had managed in 
between times to punish the old man severely by mauling his 
finger and stabbing his hand with its sharp strong beak. 
Procuring a thinly woven onion-bag I turned the protesting 
bird into it, and carried it home, not without some terrible 
struggles on its part, and several times pushing its bill through 
the bag. I despatched the bird to Mr. J. H. Gurney, with 
whom, I believe, it still remains. 
June 1st. Saw a male Lesser Tern feeding his mate with 
juvenile Herring ; it appeared to me to be either a crippled or 
a weakly bird. He announced his success and his coming 
noisily enough, the female responding with equal ardour. 
June 9th. A very late Greenshank ( Tringa canescens) 
feeding near my houseboat. For a day or two a couple of 
very immature Spoonbills had been making themselves at 
home on the flats. 
On June 15th a shrimper procured for me a specimen of the 
White Goby ( Latrunculus alba). 
June 19th. A fish-hawker brought round to me a small 
