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 MAMMALS Gorleston on the 8th of June 1891.' Of this specimen Mr. Patterson observes : * * It was drawn into the lifecboat shed and ex- hibited, afterwards being preserved and taken on tour to various parts of the country.' Mr. Patterson also records* an adult specimen stranded on Gorleston beach on 8 December 1896. 40. Grampus. Orca gladiator, Lac^pidfe. Mr. Patterson reports' an example 7 ft. 6 in. long, taken into Lowestoft harbour on 12 November 1894. 41. Porpoise. Phocana communis, F. Cuvier. ' Small schools of this, the most frequently met with of the Cetaceans in our waters, are Immediate Neighbourhood,' Arthur Patterson, Zool. 1898, p. 309. frequently seen passing at sea, and individuals are occasionally captured in the herring nets and landed at Lowestoft.' — ^T. Southwell. 42. Bottle-nosed Dolphin. Tursicps tursia. Fab. Bell — De^hinus tursio. The late Sir William Flower, in a letter to Mr. T. Southwell, referring to a recent visit to Felixstowe, observes : * besides common porpoises frequently, we saw on the afternoon of July 27th [1873] a pair oi Delphinus tursio going south.' 43. White-beaked Dolphin. Delphinus albi- rostris, J. E. Gray. Among several examples which have come under the notice of Mr. Patterson at or near Yarmouth is one measuring 7 feet, taken at Gorleston on 17 April 1890. ADDENDA 1 9. Otter. Two young otters were found by a lady on 23 May 1908, in a deep cart rut in the marshes near the ' King's Fleet,' not far from the mouth of the Deben. Three and a half hours later a man visiting the spot found them still lying there, one, however, being dead. They were taken to Mr. Hud- son of Ipswich (to whom I am indebted for this information), who, on examining the dead cub, found in its head two deep tooth marks, making it appear that its death had been caused by the bite of some animal. He managed to get the other young otter to take some milk, and eventually succeeded in rearing it. The dam had probably been killed. 30. Water Vole. On 14 February 1908 a female of the black variety, killed at Barn- ham, near Thetford, was received for preser- vation by Mr. H. C. Hudson of Ipswich. An albino of this species was caught 27 April 1908 near the water-mill at Little Glemham. It was about three parts grown, the fur being of the purest white all over, long, soft, and abundant ; the eyes red. This specimen has been sent by Mr. E. J. Rope to the Ipswich Museum. 36. Fallow Deer. The number of fallow deer in Flixton Hall Park, as I am informed by Mr. C. S. Joy, is at the present time (1908) about 260. 233 30
 * * The Mammalia of Great Yarmouth and its