Notes and Observations Grey Squirrels Since moving to Ipswich late in 1972 I have kept a record of every grey squirrel seen in the municipal area and my figures for the last five years are given in the table below. As during this period my own habits have been very regulär there would not have been any appreciable observer bias. The squirrels were mainly recorded in Christchurch Park, the larger open spaces as along Valley Road and in the larger gardens, e.g., those bordering Constitution Hill. The steady increase in numbers speaks for itself. Year Jan Feb Total 1973 1 — 1974 2 4 1975 9 12 1976 15 14 1977 21 13
Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec — 10 8 20 13
1 2 2 1 1 6 4 9 3 3 14 20 9 8 8 10 7 13 9 10 15 20 22 30 18
1 5 4 3 21 1 2 8 13 65 5 12 15 16 136 2 9 11 21 141 6 18 31 28 235
R. B. Warren, Ipswich Muntjac At about 11.15 p.m. in late September last year, we heard what we think must have been a Muntjac barking near our cottage. The animal appeared to be Standing still, barking, for about five minutes. Then for the next ten minutes or so it continued barking intermittently, but was evidently moving in circles on the field. Eventually after about fifteen to twenty minutes in all the barking ceased. M. Green Nebria salma * Nebria salina Fairmaire and Laboulbene (Col., Carabidae) in Suffolk. Donisthorpe (1922, Entomologist's mon. Mag., 58: 92-93) brought to the attention of British entomologists, the presence in Britain of the ground beetle, N. salina, under the name iberica Oliveira. Because of its similarity to the widespread and often abundant N. brevicollis (Fabricius), salina though not uncommon is frequently overlooked, and consequently there does not appear to be any published record of its occurrence in Suffolk. The following list, in order of collection, summarises the records for Suffolk, and corrects this oversight.