BIRD NOTES 185 



nests built in these cavities formed by the crumbling 

 away of soft bricks. 



Oct. 10. There arrived on this date thousands 

 of Gold-crested Wrens locally termed " Herring 

 Spinks." In some years they are exceedingly 

 numerous, and attract attention by the bold manner 

 in which they settle upon shrubs and trees, and 

 by their acrobatic feats amongst branches and 

 twigs. At such times as St. George's Park is lively 

 with them, the neighbouring cats have a fine time 

 bird-catching. 



1899 



May 18. Myriads of the larvae of the Tipula or 

 Cranefly on the grass on the Beach Gardens, which 

 they ravaged. They might have been swept up by 

 quarts. Yet with all the reputed love of Passer 

 domestlcus for this larvae, not a Sparrow deigned to 

 feed upon them. 



May 25. Sixteen Turnstones dodging about 

 upon the flint stone walls of Breydon, searching for 

 crustaceans beneath the drifted refuse. On the 

 slightest movement of myself or boat they imme- 

 diately stood motionless, when their colours so nearly 

 assimilated to their surroundings that no one would 

 have detected them had they not been located when 

 on the move. 



Sept. 30. The wind set in last evening extremely 

 rough, with rain, from the south - east, giving 

 promise of an influx of migratorial waders. Went 

 up Breydon to-day to see what had turned up : the 



