THE ZOOLOGIST. 



April. 



Early in April (d.u.) a Snowy Owl had the misfortune, as I 

 learn from Mr. W. Clarke, to put its foot in a rat-trap at Cocley 

 Cley, near Swaffham. The owner of the soil intended sending 

 it to the Zoological Gardens, but, though not damaged, it refused 

 to feed in confinement, and did not long survive. It was probably 

 the sharp cold of the 5th, 6th, and 7th, accompanied by snow, 

 which brought this Norwegian stranger over ; but April is a late 

 date for it. It is always a more difficult bird to keep in confine- 

 ment than the Eagle-Owl, and I am not surprised that Mr. Taylor 

 was unsuccessful. 



14th. — S., 4. A Black Redstart at the Inner Dowsing light- 

 vessel (Bull. B. 0. C. XV. p. 99). 



17th.— E.N.E., 6. Grey Shrike at the Newarp lightship off 

 Yarmouth (Bull. B. 0. C. xvii. p. 125), where the wind blew a gale. 

 I have had both these species from light-vessels before. 



19th.— E.N.E., 6. More than thirty Red-legged Partridges 

 discovered on the sand-hills near Yarmouth harbour-mouth, 

 after a gale from the north-east (A. Patterson), in which quarter 

 the wind had been for some time. I cannot believe in there 

 being any immigration of this species, although some have 

 thought so ; but I certainly never heard of so many by the shore 

 before. It has the same habit of appearing on the coast in Sussex, 

 where I have seen one perched on a breakwater with the waves 

 lapping against it. 



26th. — N.W., 3. Nine Dotterel seen on Yarmouth " denes" 

 (Patterson) . 



May. 



1st.— A Grasshopper- Warbler, a Sedge- Warbler, a Blackcap, 

 and a Willow- Warbler killed against Happisburgh lighthouse 

 (M. Bird). 



2nd. — S.W., 4. Four Wheatearst appeared within the pre- 

 cincts of the Castle of Norwich, in the centre of that city. 



17th. — A Teal's nest at Westwick, from which the keeper had 

 taken seven eggs, apparently a completed clutch, was comfortably 

 ensconced in heather in a large wood near a lake. The number 

 of Teals' nests in East and North Norfolk is now very small, and 

 the few Garganey which remain are dwindling, but Mr. Bird 



