150 THE ESSEX NATURALIST. 
(b) Chelmsford, 26 xu. 78. I grain of wheat. Grass. 
Much grit. 
38. FRENCH PARTRIDGE (Caccabts rufa). 
(a) Chelmsford, 2311.78. Beetles. Worms. Leaves. 
Grit. 
(6) Chelmsford, 26 x11. 78. Grain. Grass. Grit. 
39. WATER Rair (Rallus aquaticus). Easingwold, XI. 77. 
(a) Chiefly vegetable remains. Chitinous remains of 
water larve. | 
(0) Stevens Garden, xII. 78. Water larve. Chitin 
3 and trachee. 
40. WATER HEN (Gallinula chloropus). Chelmsford, 11. 78. 
Plant remains. Stones. 
4r. Coot (Fulica atra). York, x1..77. Moss. Duckweed. 
Other water weeds. Sand. 
42. RING PLOVER (Agialitis Miaticula). Norfolk, x1. 76. 
4 minute marine gasteropods. 
43. TURNSTONE (Strepsilas tinterpres). Battles Bridge, 
11. 82. Large number of tiny oysters. 
44. GREY PHALAROPE (Phalaropus fulicarius). Riccal Cove, 
York, x. 77. Beetles. Isopods (appendages). 
45. JACK SNIPE (Gallinago gallinula). Chelmsford, 1. 77. 
Beetle. Worm. Grass. 3 
46. PURPLE SANDPIPER (Tringa striata). Norfolk, 1876. 
2 broken shells, 4 stones. 
47. COMMON SANDPIPER (Totanus hypoleucus). York, X.77. 
Fragments of Crustacea (sand hoppers). 
48. WooD SANDPIPER (Totanus glareola). York, XII. 77. 
Appendages of Crustacea (sand hoppers). 
49. GREEN SANDPIPER (Totanus ochropus). York, 1878. 
Small mollusca. Sand. 
50. Dascuick (Podiceps fluviatilis). York, X. 76. Water 
Boatman and other aquatic insects. 
Otter at Hockley.—Mr. F. W. Frohawk, in the Field 
for Sept. gth, 1922, records the capture of a fine adult male 
otter at Hockley on July 26th, 1922 ; it measured from tip of 
nose to end of tail 484 inches, and weighed 24#lbs. 
