138 AN EAST COAST NATURALIST 



hills between Caister and Scratby. On 2nd April 

 1898 I observed a troop of Jackdaws flying direct 

 east at a considerable elevation : their note made 

 identification easy. Some large bunches of Starlings, 

 flying in wedge form, due east, and very high, passed 

 over the town on 29th March 1900. 



Five Kentish Crows hung about Breydon as late as 

 llth May 1900. One had a slightly injured wing, 

 and was unable to fly to any great distance. His 

 companions, who were evidently concerned about his 

 welfare, at length finding it would or could not join 

 them, left it to its own devices. 



A TOWN ROOKERY 



The successful attempts made by Rooks to 

 establish a colony in the heart of Yarmouth have 

 been a matter of no little interest to residents living 

 in the market-place and its neighbourhood. Each 

 spring since that of 1896 has found the birds in 

 more or less numbers resorting to the trees immedi- 

 ately to the left of the Hospital School, in the old 

 disused cemetery at the rear of the market-place. 

 Early in April of that year a pair built a nest there. 

 Odd birds at various times visited the couple 



