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THE LATEST ADDITION TO EPPING FOREST.
In all probability, the bird in question was a White-tailed
Eagle, specimens of which (generally immature) are not un-
common, even now, in Essex in the winter time5; while it is
quite likely that the Salmon mentioned by Newby was caught in
the River Stour, though, as it was dried, it may have come from
elsewhere. It will be seen on reference to Dr. Laver's Mammals,
Reptiles, and Fishes of Essex (p. 103) that the Salmon was formerly
a regular inhabitant of our principal Essex rivers and is, even
now, more or less polluted as most of them are, a not infrequent
visitor.
5 There are two specimens in the Museum of the Essex Field Club.