OBNITHOLOGICAL REPORT FOR NORFOLK. 11 



very restless, though probably only about six hours old ; it gapes 

 for food, but cannot see. 



5th. — 9.30 a.m. The young Cuckoo alone in the nest, and the 

 Accentor's egg and nestling both lying on the ground — the egg 

 unbroken and the nestling alive — one foot distant from the wall. 

 As it is a drop of three feet three inches, it is incredible that the 

 egg could have fallen or been thrown out of the nest without 

 breaking ; therefore, I suppose both it and the nestling Accentor 

 were lifted out in the feet of the parent Accentor. I at once 

 replaced the young Accentor, and, after waiting quite still for 

 about five minutes, saw the tiny Cuckoo — not yet thirty hours 

 old — edge itself beneath it, and lift it quite to the rim of the nest, 

 which was a rather unusually deep one. It almost got the 

 Accentor over, but, failing to do so, after a few seconds fell back 

 exhausted, and, although I waited some time, it did not try 

 again. The skin of the young Cuckoo is rapidly becoming much 

 darker, and in this short space of time it has doubled its size. 

 Before leaving I also replaced the Accentor's egg in the nest. 



Same day. — 10.45 a.m. The Accentor's egg is still in the 

 nest, but during my short absence the nestling Accentor has been 

 taken out, and is not to be found anywhere. This is probably 

 the work of the Accentor parent, as no Cuckoo has been seen by 

 the gardeners working near the nest. 6.30 p.m. The Accentor's 

 egg has now been thrown out, and is cracked, which from its 

 position seems to have been done by the young Cuckoo. It was 

 replaced, but the next morning it was found hanging in a branch 

 of the currant-bush, having been for the second time ejected. 



July. 



2nd. — S.W., 3. A White Stork seen by Mr. Patterson on the 

 mud-flats of Breydon ; it was very restless, and soon passed on, 

 happily more fortunate than the one at Wootton. Possibly both 

 of them were released or escaped birds. 



16th. — Mr. Bird noticed a young Piobin in the speckled 

 plumage singing, which is surely unusual. 



28th. — A Spotted Eedshank and some Greenshank on Brey- 

 don (Jary). This is a very early date for the Spotted Eed- 

 shank. 



