BIRD NOTES 11 



the onslaughts of Rooks and Crows, having spoiled 

 them." 1 



Two Razorbills " gilled " themselves in a herring- 

 net not far from the shore, when pursuing herrings, 

 among which they themselves perished [8th 

 February 1890]. 



On 1st January 1895 a Little Auk was shot on 

 Breydon, and some excitement in gunning circles 

 was created by the event. Subsequently through 

 stress of weather Norfolk was " invaded " by weary 

 little travellers of this species, and before the end of 

 the month 285 had been recorded. 



I met with a stuffed example of the Little Auk in 

 March 1902, in which the white neck was continued 

 round the occiput. Mr. B. Dye, a blind naturalist, 

 was, as Mr. J. H. Gurney remarks, the first to 

 notice this variation in a specimen taken a year 

 previously. This he imagines to be the perfect 

 winter plumage. 



KITTIWAKE GULL 



The least frequently seen of the smaller local 

 gulls is the Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) ; it is a 



1 The author's " notes " in Transactions of the Norfolk and Norwich 

 Naturalists 1 Society. 



