Notes and Letters on the Natural History of Norfolk

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Page 8, note 10, last line, delete us.

Page 8, note 11, first line, after Great Northern Diver, insert Colymbus glacialis; line three, delete Colymbus glacialis, and after Mergus maximus insert Farrensis.

Page 12, note 17, line 8, for "English Birds" read "English words."

Page 12, note 18, line 4 from bottom, for "near the centre" read "near the south-west border."

Page 14, note 22, line 9, after "(Hunt)" insert ";."

Page 20, note 31, line 5, transfer the words "for the last few years" to line 4, after "has bred."

Page 23, note 36, line 3, for "Eringo" read "Eryngo."

Page 34, note 52, line 1, for "hat" read "that."

Page 35, note 54, line 5, for "Neridiform" read "Nereidiform."

Page 36, note 55, line 7, for pristis antiquoram read pristis antiquorum.

Page 46, note 82, line 1, for Cancer read Carsinus (corrected in Index).

Page 47, note 83, lines 9 and 19, for litoria, read littorea.

Page 50, note 90, line 2 from bottom, after "and" insert "which."

Page 53, note 93, line 5 from bottom, for Pandalus varius, read Hippolyte varians (corrected in Index).

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Notes in this chapter

Note 2 · [22] The local names of the various Ducks are simply legion and differ both in time and place, not to mention the confusion occasioned by se Note 12 · Willughby ("Ornithology," English Ed., p. 348) gives a good description of the Great Skua (Stercorarius catarrhactes) under the name of Cata Note 13 · The bird here mentioned is doubtless the Great Northern Diver, Colymbus glacialis. In another place Browne again refers to it as Mergus maxi Note 19 · Willughby's first acquaintance with the adult Manx Shearwater ("Ornithology," p. 334) was from a drawing sent him by Sir T. Browne, who desc Note 20 · Barnacle and Brent Geese as we know them, the first by no means common here; the Wild Goose, probably Anser cinereus; the Scotch Goose (see Note 33 · It is only necessary to add to Browne's interesting account of this remarkable bird that it lingered longer in Norfolk as a breeding species Note 39 · The Ring Plover is evidently the bird here referred to, but I have never known the name of Ringlestone applied to this species in Norfolk, n Note 3 · There can be no doubt that the Common Dolphin (Delphinus delphis) is here referred to, and indeed this species might reasonably be expected Note 5 · A Scolopendra, ten feet long, is at first rather startling, but on referring to Rondeletius's Libri de piscibus Marinis (lib. xvi. p. 488), Note 6 · In the "Transactions of the Linnean Society," ii., p. 273, is an essay by Latham "On the various species of Sawfish," but he does not mentio Note 27 · [90] Mr. E. T. Browne, of the Zoological Laboratory of University College, London, has kindly furnished me with the following notes on this Note 37 · Carsinus mænas, the Shore-crab, a very common species on the Norfolk coast is here intended.Note 38 · Mussels and Cockles are very abundant all along the shallow shores of North-west Norfolk, as well as Clams, Mya arenaria. "Scallops of the l Note 47 · The freshwater fishes named in the next three paragraphs are so well known as to require few remarks. The Bream in our rivers and broads are