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another rarity from the east, and rather unexpected so late in the year, was shot off a tree on the edge of Rollesby Broad by Mr. Connop's keeper. Another was seen in September by a good observer near the sea, which makes four for Norfolk.
Three examples of the chestnut-red variety of the Partridge, Perdix montana, Briss.,—one of the most curious varieties in ornithology,—was shot near Dereham, this month, and another seen (fig. 'Field,' Feb. 13th, 1897); its first appearance in Norfolk.
