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Notes and Letters on the Natural History of Norfolk / More Especially on the Birds and Fishes

Chapter 10: INDEX.
By Sir Thomas Browne
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A curated edition of Sir Thomas Browne's manuscript notes and letters that record the natural history of Norfolk, with emphasis on birds and fishes. The volume gathers field observations, correspondence with a contemporary naturalist, and editor's annotations, documenting species occurrences, seasonal movements, local habitats, collecting methods, and occasional practical guidance. The text preserves seventeenth-century spelling and punctuation and is supplemented by appendices and explanatory notes that clarify references and add regional records. The overall effect is an episodic, observational account combining descriptive natural history with reflections on empirical inquiry and local practices in coastal and inland environments.

Draft of a letter containing further particulars with regard to the Stork. There is nothing to indicate to whom it was addressed.

[Fol. 77.] A kind of stork was shott in the wing by the sea neere Hasburrowe & brought aliue vnto mee. it was about a yard high red lead coloard leggs and bill. the clawes resembling human nayles such as Herodotus describeth in the white Ibis of Ægypt The lower parts of the wings are black which gathered up makes the lower part of back looke black butt the tayle vnder them is white as the other part of the body. it fed readily upon snayles & froggs, butt a toad being offered it would not touch it: the tongue very short [not crossed out] an inch long. it makes a clattering noyse by flapping one bill agaynst the other somewhat like the platea or shouelard.[V] the quills [about crossed out] of the biggnesse of swans bills [sic quills?] when it swallowed a frogge it was sent downe into the stomak by the back side of the neck as was perceaued upon swallowing. I could not butt take notice of the conceitt of some who looked upon it as an ill omen saying if storks come ouer into England, pray god a com̄on wealth do not come after.

[V] The Spoonbill.

In addition to these letters there are in the Bodleian Library a letter from Elizabeth Browne to her brother, describing the above-mentioned Stork, and desiring him to keep one of the two pictures himself, and to give the other to his sister Fairfax (MS. Rawl. D. 108, fol. 71), and a draft of a letter from Sir Thomas Browne about a remarkable fly (see ante p. 68 and Note 110), which offended the cattle extraordinarily, found at Horsey Marshes (MS. Rawl. D. 108, fol. 103). There is also (MS. Rawl. D. 391, fol. 55) a letter from Sir Hamon le Strange to Sir T. B., dated Jan. 16, 1653. About half this letter is printed by Wilkin, i., pp. 369-70. He mentions towards the end that he sends certain observations on T. B.'s "Enquiries into Common Errors," at page "27 thereof I write of a whale cast upon my shoare." This criticism is now separated from the letter, which originally covered it, but happily is preserved in the British Museum, MS. Sloane, 1839. fols. 104-145.

INDEX.

A.

B.

  • Balani, 48
  • Banstickle, 44
  • Barbel, 53
  • Barker, 24, 67, 73, 76
  • Barnacle shell, 48
  • Barnacle Goose, 12
  • Bargander, 13, 73
  • Bass, 43
  • Bearded Tit, 26 (note)
  • Bee-bird, 73, 76
  • Betulæ Carptor, 29, 73, 76
  • Birdcatcher, 25
  • Birds found in Norfolk, 1
  • Birds number of species, 32
  • Bittern, 17
  • Black Grouse, 28
  • Black Heron, 21
  • Black-tailed Godwit, 24 (note)
  • Bleak, 43, 53, 78, 81
  • Bones, Fossil, 91
  • Boyle, Robert, 85
  • Bream, 52
  • Brent Goose, 12
  • Brill, Bret, 45
  • Brittle Stars, 49
  • Browne, Sir Thomas—
    • Attitude towards witchcraft, xi. (note)
    • Collection of Eggs, 10 (note)
    • Correspondents, viii.
    • Drawings lost, xxv.
    • Editions of his Collected Works, xviii.
    • Estimation in which he was held, xvii.
    • Letters to Merrett, xxii., 57
    • Letters to Dugdale, 91
    • Notes on Certain Birds, xx., 1
    • Notes on Certain Fishes, xx., 31
    • Observations on Migration, xvi., 2 (note)
    • Originality, xi., xvi.
    • Purpose for which written, xxi., 2
    • State of Natural Science in his day, x., xiv.
  • Bull-head, Armed, 41 (note), 62, 65, 87
  • Burbot, 54
  • Bustard, 18
  • Butcher bird, 25
  • Butt, 45
  • Buzzard, Bald, 4, 56
  • Buzzard, Gray, 4

C.

D.

E.

F.

G.

H.

J.

K.

L.

  • Lampern, 54
  • Lamprey, 54
  • Lanius, 25
  • Lapwing, 20
  • Lari, many sorts of, 8, 9
  • Larks, 28
  • Larus minor, 9, 73
  • Leeches, 50
  • Lesser Butcher Bird, 26 (note)
  • Letters to Dugdale, 91
  • Letters to Merrett, 57
  • Letters from Merrett, 86
  • Limpets, 47
  • Lingula, 45
  • Little Auk?, 79 (note)
  • Littorina, 47
  • Lizard, 55
  • Loach, 54
  • Lobster, 46
  • Lolego, 46, 62, 86
  • Loon, 13
  • Loxia, 25
  • Lug Worm, 50 (note)
  • Lump-fish, 39
  • Lupus marinus, 38, 61, 86

M.

  • Mackerel, 43, 74
  • Mackerel, Horse, 39
  • Marine Worms, 50
  • May-chit, 19, 63, 66, 87
  • Medusae, 49 (note)
  • Merganser, 13, 72
  • Mergus acutirostris, 13
  • Mergus cristatus, 82, 88
  • Mergus major, 8, 57
  • Mergus minor, 13
  • Mergus mustelaris, 77
  • Mergus serratus, 18, 83
  • Mergulus, 77, 79
  • Merlin, 78
  • Merrett, Christopher, xxii., 57
  • Mistletoe, 70
  • Migration, xvi., 2 (note)
  • Miller's Thumb, 54
  • Minnow, 53
  • Mole Cricket, 55 (note), 56
  • Moon-fish (Mola), 38, 64
  • Moor Hen, 15
  • Morinellus, 19, 73, 76, 80
  • Musca tuliparum, 67, 74
  • Mullet, 40, 65
  • Mullet, Red, 40, 62, 65, 87
  • Mussels, 47
  • Musk Beetle, 58
  • Mustela fluviatilis, 54
  • Mustela marina, 39
  • Mustela variegata, 14

N.

O.

P.

Q.

  • Quail, 28
  • Quercus Galls, 69, 70
  • Quercus marinus, 75
  • Querquedula, 14, 83

R.

S.