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Mr. Jourdain also considers it very unusual. Robins appear 

 to have three broods sometimes ; the young quit the nest 

 at about the fifteenth day. 



Nightjar {Caprimulgus e. euro'pceus). 



Nest with four eggs, already recorded {cmtea, p. 139). 

 It seems very possible that the jarring note of the Nightjar 

 is in part produced by the assistance of the long bristles 

 which beset the gape, for such a wide-mouthed bird would 

 hardly need them for catching moths, yet I do not find that 

 any authors make this suggestion. 



Hoopoe (Upupa e. epojis). 



Of the Hoopoe there are two entries for 1916, one seen on 

 Sidestrand hills by Mr. Hoare on October 8th, and one reported 

 to Mr. Saunders at Caister on November 17th. If old records 

 are to be relied on, this bird must be much rarer now in 

 East'Anglia than formerly. 



Cuckoo {Cticulus c. canorus). 



On May 27th, a Cuckoo's egg was found b}^ Mr. W. G. 

 Clarke in the nest of a Bullfinch at Honingham ; on Jime 

 30th two Cuckoo's eggs were in a Pied Wagtail's nest at 

 Hethel (Myhill), one brown, the other of a reddish type ; 

 and on July 8th Mr. Clarke discovered a young Cuckoo in 

 a Greater Whitethroat's nest at Horning, underneath which 

 were three unsprung eggs of the Whitethroat a little chipped. 



Little Owl {Athene n. noctua). 



On January 17th Miss C. J. Gurney recognized the calling 

 of a Little Owl at Swainsthorpe, and on February 28th got 

 a view of two. In the course of April and May they Mere 

 seen by several persons, frequenting some pollard elm trees, 

 and on June 1st a nest with three young ones f was found 

 in the hollow of one of them. The Little Owl, a few years 

 ago unknown, is now steadily spreading in Norfolk. 



Rough-legged Buzzard {Buteo I. lagopus). 



The migration of the Rough-legged Buzzards in 1915-16 

 was a great feature, but this more properly belongs to the 

 Report for 1915. They kept on coming for a long time, 

 presumably from over the sea, but where not molested, settled 

 down to a very limited locality, provided it had a supply 

 of rabbits. As long as there are rabbits, they will not touch 

 Pheasants and Partridges, indeed they could not catch them 

 unless they were wounded. As for rabbits, our farmers are 



