1917-] Recently published Ornithological Works. 413 



of late years. They destroy the kale aud also devour the 

 lieaves of the swedes and mangolds. 



There have been few outstanding events of ornithological 

 importance to be noted in Norfolk during 1916. An adult 

 Sabine's Gull was noticed in April on Breydon water by 

 Mr. A. H. Patterson, and a White Stork frequented Burgh 

 Castle marshes in ^lay, which apparently ultimately met 

 with the usual fate of conspicuous and rare birds. A few 

 Spoonbills were seen at Breydon in INIay, June, and July, 

 and the Cormorant was again found breeding, this time at 

 Hockwold Farm near Brandon by Mr. H. E. Upcher. 

 There was a singular immigration of Pomatorhine Skuas 

 in September at Blakeney. About seventy were seen 

 passing overhead by Mr. E. Bam and moving inland in 

 a south-easterly direction. Nothing of the sort appears 

 to have been noticed either in Lincolnshire or Suffolk, or 

 indeed elsewhere in Norfolk. 



Gurney on the Rough-legged Buzzard. 



[Immigration of Rougli-legged Buzzards in 1915-16. By J. H. Gurney, 

 r.Z.S. Trans. Norfolk and Norwich Nat. Soc. x. 1917, pp. 168-170.] 



During the winter of 1915—16 there was a large influx of 

 Rough-legged Buzzards [Buteo lagopus) into the eastern 

 counties. Mr. Gurney reckons that at least forty visited 

 Norfolk and half that number Suffolk and Lincolnshire. 

 As usual, their food proved to be chiefly rabbits, but they 

 also kill numbers of rats, so that they should be regarded 

 as beneficial rather than harmful. Mr. Gurney remarks 

 that the iris of the adult bird is not invariably, as has been 

 asserted, bright yellow. The last irruption of Rough-legs 

 in the eastern counties was in 1880. 



Hartert's recent short papers. 



[One of the rarest birds. By Ernst Hartert, Ph.D. Nov. Zool. xxiii. 

 1916, pp. 335-836, pi. i. 

 Notes on the Little Bustard. Id. ibid. pp. 337-339, pi. ii. 

 On the name of the " Auklets." Id. ibid. pp. 339-340. 



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