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412 on the remains of a Whale stranded on the beach there. One taken alive in decoy at Fritton, December, 1878. I observed one circling high above head, autumn of 1879. Example shot at Belton, Dec. 9th, 1882; one on Breydon, May 2nd, 1892.

Astur palumbarius. Gos-Hawk.—B. "Very rare—a fine specimen shot in 1833" (Paget). A male taken at Catfield in April, 1854; a female taken on a fishing-boat off Yarmouth in 1886 (Connop Catalogue); an adult female at Somerleyton, March 29th, 1893.

Accipiter nisus. Sparrow-Hawk.—F.C. Receives additions in the autumn. An unusual invasion in September, 1881. I found several dead on the beach after a gale; one struck a gaslamp exhausted on the 22nd. The majority were females.

Milvus ictinus. Kite.—A. Very rare in the Pagets' time. Only occurs as an occasional passing migrant. An example killed at Martham, December, 1865.

Pernis apivorus. Honey-Buzzard.—R. An uncertain autumn visitor. Several shot in September, 1881; several records previous. One shot at Lound in September, 1882, had the crop filled with larvæ of Wasps (B. of S.). Babington also records one shot at Somerleyton in spring of 1854, in the stomach of which remains of Blackbird's eggs were found.

Falco peregrinus. Peregrine Falcon.—R. Occasionally shot on passage. The two or three I have seen in the flesh were males.

F. subbuteo. Hobby.—R.R. "Not uncommon in summer" (Paget). Has been once recorded at Yarmouth in February. A male example shot at Caister on Oct. 2nd, 1882 (Connop Catalogue).

F. vespertinus. Red-footed Falcon.—R. "One shot in a marsh by Breydon in 1832.... Three more were shot in same year at Horning" (Paget). An immature male specimen obtained at Somerleyton, July 12th, 1862.

F. æsalon. Merlin.—N.U. A fairly regular and not uncommon autumnal immigrant. Occasionally dashes into the nets of the birdcatchers. A young one caught at sea, Oct. 11th, 1882. I have observed it dead on the beach.

F. tinnunculus. Kestrel.—C. Still fairly common, and in autumn it is nothing unusual to see three or four at once