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MISCELLANEOUS NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS. 
cumstance interesting to the members of this Society. A specimen 
of Briinnich’s Guillemot was sent on January lGth to my friend 
Mr. Travis, the Bury bird-stuffer, from March in Cambridgeshire ; 
on that day my wife was in Bury, and, calling on Mr. Travis, 
saw the bird in the flesh. Neither she nor Mr. Travis noticed 
anything particular about it, though he held it up for her inspection, 
remarking that it was a “ very fine Bazorbill.” There were a good 
many birds in the shop, among them a magnificent old Heron, 
which seemed more interesting than the Guillemot. Three days 
after, on the 19th, I called on Mr. Travis, saw the bird just 
mounted, and recognised it; I then went on to Mr. Norgate, had 
tea with him, looked up Uria brunnichii in his ‘ Yarrell,’ and 
before leaving Bury saw the bird again. Mr. Travis told me it 
would probably come into his possession, as it came to him with 
a request to be informed what it would cost to put in a case ; 
and, of course, it is well known that many birds thus sent are 
left on the stuffer’s hands. I had thought of trying to secure 
it for the Norwich Museum, and had, in fact, written to 
Mr. Southwell to that effect, but having reconsidered the 
matter, decided if possible to purchase it for my own collection, 
which I was able to do on the 23rd, just one week from the day 
on which my wife saw it in the flesh. On the way home I took 
it to Mr. Norgate, who examined it carefully, and while looking 
at it close to a window, called my attention to some lines on the 
beak, something like those on the beak of a young Bazorbill, but 
fainter. I was practically able to remount the bird, remove the 
eyes and insert others, alter the wings, etc., without any difficulty, 
and in doing this noticed that the inside of the mouth was yellow, 
and the legs and toes pale brown, the membranes darker. It is to 
all intents and purposes a common Guillemot in the plumage of 
the Bazorbill, but the beak is unmistakable. I am sorry to be 
unable to send the bird for exhibition, but as it took me something 
like four hours’ work to get it into a shape and position satisfactory 
to me, I am naturally unwilling to risk having it disarranged, as 
it is not yet nearly dry. It came to Mr. Travis from his agent at 
March as a “ Bazorbill,” and was shot at Guyhirn, near Wisbech, 
probably about the 12th or 14th. Guyhirn is about live miles 
west of the Norfolk boundary, and perhaps fourteen or fifteen 
miles from The Wash, with which it seems to be connected by 
