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 RARE BIRDS NEAR LYNN. 



BY T. SOUTHWEUi^ ESQ. 



The following rare birds have occurred during the past autumn and winter 

 in this neighbourhood: — 



Spotted Redshank, (Totanus fuscus^) shot at Clenchwarton, September 11th., 

 1851. 



Sandwich Tern, (Sterna Boysii-,) shot at Hunstanton, September Gth., 1851. 



Honey Buzzard, (Pernis apivorus.) — A fine adult male specimen shot at 

 Terrington, in November, 1851. 



Great Northern Diver, Colymbus glacialis,) shot at Thornhara, about the 

 4th. of December, 1851. 



Bed-throated Diver, (C. septentrionalis,) has occurred several times during 



the past four months; the last I saw was taken alive in a fishing-boat on 



the first of May; it was just assuming the red throat: the others were all 

 young birds in the plumage of the first winter. 



Shoveler Duck, (Anas clypeata,) has also occurred several times during 

 the past winter. 



Pink-fooled Goose, (Anser brachyrhynchus.) — Two specimens in December, 

 1851. 



White-fronted Goose, (A. albifrons.) — Several specimens towards the end of 

 January, 1852. From the mild nature of the winter, and the inland waters 

 remaining open, the number of Wildfowl frequenting the estuary of the Ouse 

 has been unusually small, and but few scarce specimens have been obtained; 

 scarcely an individual of the genus Anser having occurred, except during a 

 little severe weather in December and January. 



Black Grouse, (Tetro tetrix.) — A female was shot at Clenchwarton, during 

 April last. 



I might also mention three specimens of the Polish Swan, (Cygnus immu- 

 tahilis,) shot out of a flock of thirteen, at Ingoldisthorpe, in December, 1851, 

 supposed to have left the waters at Holkham. 



Lynn, Norfolk, May lith., 1852. 



ON THE SUBMERGENCE OF BIRDS. 



BY 0. S. ROUND, ESQ. 



SiNCR reading the Editor's excellent article in the first volume of "The 

 Naturalist," on this subject, I call to mind several observations which I have 

 myself made upon it, and which all go to corroborate his view as the correct 

 one. I have stood for hours watching the Dobchicks, [Podicops minor,) and 

 Water-hens, ( GalVmula chloropus,) on a large pond not far from our country 



