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with the broken pieces, and from that time neither 

 parent nor young* were again seen. In spite of the 

 intrusions of various spectators, the poor bird sat very 

 closely, and even allowed itself to be photographed on 

 the nest by Mr. S. G. Buxton, without evincing any 

 particular alarm. According to the statement of Dr. 

 Fitch, who watched her through a glass, and to whom I 

 am indebted for the above particulars, " she rested her 

 bill apparently on the ground, with her large and 

 prominent eye very wide open," and in this case a 

 small rill and several little pits of water were situated 

 within about one hundred and fifty yards of the spot 

 selected. 



In the second week of April, 1860, a nest with four 

 eggs was taken at Taverham, and on the 6th of May, 

 1861, two young birds, partially feathered, were sent up 

 to Norwich to be stuffed, which had been captured on 

 Mr. Bedingfeld's property at Ditchingham. 



Again in April, 1862, I was informed that one or 

 more pairs were supposed to be breeding at Taverham, 

 which I have no doubt was correct, as an old bird was 

 flushed there on the 1st of June, but the coverts being 

 kept quiet on account of the game, no search was made 

 for the nests. A pair were also seen at Kimberley, by 

 Mr. Lambert, about the 6th of April of that year. 



In 1864, Mr. Southwell received eggs of this species 

 taken somewhere in the neighbourhood of Fakenham; 

 and a single bird was flushed in Catton Park, near 

 Norwich, as late as the second week in April. 



On the 4th of May, 1867, I was told by Mr. P. 

 Norgate, of Sparham, that he knew of a woodcock's 

 nest, at Attlebridge, about eight miles from Norwich, 

 on Mr. Micklethwait's property, where others have, 

 I understand, been seen in previous years; and a 

 correspondent in " Science Gossip " for 1866 (p. 88), 

 signing himself " E, A., Norwich," states that in the 



