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is thus remarked upon : " A flock in the marshes in 

 1774, several killed in 1808, and two or three are 

 generally shot every spring, on Breydon." 



The stalking of wildfowl was never greatly in 

 vogue at least in recent years. In the early half 

 of the nineteenth century an occasional Goose was 

 approached by stalking it behind a borrowed horse 

 or ass upon the "allotments, 11 but only in an 

 extempore and casual sort of way. 



On 16th September 1890 a Spoonbill visited 

 Breydon. On the 19th it was killed on the marshes 

 by a gunner who, securing a horse by means of a 

 halter, attempted, and with success, the old ruse of 

 walking round in gradually lessening circles, hidden 

 behind the animal. Before the bird had taken the 

 alarm, he managed to get within easy distance, killing 

 it at the first shot. 



SIBERIAN PECTORAL SANDPIPER 



On the afternoon of 21st August 1892 I took a 

 stroll along the North Breydon walls. When near 

 the Triangle Pond, about half a mile up the estuary, 

 I espied a very nimble, pert sort of a wader erratically 

 hunting along the margin. At a glance I was 



