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young ones being jnst visible. Having rowed about Wroxham 

 Broad foi- a short time, getting a good view of a pair of Great 

 Crested Grebes, the eggs of which we were unfortunately too 

 late for, we again entered the Bure, and, passing Hoveton 

 Great Broad, which is private, we soon reached Salhouse 

 Broad, where another pair of Great Crested Grebes were seen. 

 Having left the boat, we started to walk across to Horning 

 Ferry, about three miles distant, and soon came across a 

 marsh where (Enanthe fistidosa and Comarum imlustre grew 

 plentifully. Here, too, was seen one of our most splendid 

 butterflies, the Swallow-tail {Papilio 2Iachaon), sailing grandly 

 by us ; and we saw later on two more, one by Horning Ferry, 

 the other near Ranworth Broad, but all these escaped us. 

 Just before reaching Horning Ferry, in a stream, a quantity 

 of Water Violet {Hottonia 2}(dnstris) was found ; here, too, the 

 Water Soldier {Stratiotes aloides) was very abundant. The 

 delicate flowers of the Frogbit [Hydrocharis morsiis-rana) also 

 were plentiful ; and Slellana f/lauca occurred here, but was 

 not very plentiful. The beautiful large yellow flowers of 

 Fianunculus Lingua, growing to a height of 4 ft. or more, were 

 very conspicuous, and enlivened the stream in many places. 

 After a rather long hunt, one plant of Liparis Loeselii was 

 found, and although a long time was spent in looking for 

 more, no other specimens were discovered. At Eanworth 

 Broad the Marsh Helleboriue [Epipactis palustris) grew 

 plentifully, and the Adder's-tongue [Opldoglossum tuhjatum) 

 also was abundant. Thousands of Black-headed Gulls were 

 flying over Hoveton Little Broad, where they breed in vast 

 numbers. 



Of birds observed near Cromer, the only ones of note are a 

 few Eedstarts in a wood near there, some Herons at Salhouse, 

 and a couple of Magpies Inmg up with Jays, Stoats, and 

 Weasels, on a gamekeeper's tree near Hempstead, We also 

 noticed a Snipe drumming or bleating above Beeston Bog, 

 and it was interesting to notice that whenever it uttered its 

 cry it spread out its tail and suddenly descended two or three 

 yards in the air, but only to rise again, and, after flying some 

 little distance, repeat the performance. 



