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brought me the bird ; it is a fine specimen of the Great Crested 

 Grebe." 



Goshawk. 



I think it was in the autumn of 1864, that a Goshawk, 

 which is a rare bird in Norfolk, was trapped in our woods 

 at Northrepps, but broke loose, the spring being too feeble. 

 The bait was the remnants of a Cushat Dove, which he was 

 eating when first seen, and oddly enough he went into the 

 trap by moonlight. 



Pochard. 



At Lynn, as I learn from a friend, the name " Pochard " is 

 pronounced " Pocka," and it is applied to the Scaup Duck, 

 while the true Pochard goes by the name of " Red -headed 

 Pocka," and the Tufted Duck is dubbed the " Whifflino- 

 Pocka." Provincial names are very confusing. 



Grey Wagtail. 



There is a certain curious fact in the economy of the 

 Grey Wagtail, for which I have never seen a satisfactory 

 explanation given. It has happened over and over again, 

 that one of these birds took an extraordinary fancy for, or 

 dislike to, a window, and by way of giving vent to its feel- 

 ings was found perpetually charging the glass with its beak 

 until the panes were smeared with marks. One naturalist 

 actually declares that this kind of thing went on for three 

 months, and the tapping of the infatuated Wagtail never 

 apparently stopped for ten consecutive minutes all day. 



Wood-Pigeon. 

 I have taken 440 ivy berries out of a Wood-Pigeon's 



