290 BIRDS OP NORFOLK. 



already mentioned, one was shot on Salhouse Broad, in 

 April, 1865 ; another from the Church tower at Necton, 

 near Swaffham, in March, 1883 like the shag it shows 

 a predilection for lofty perches; others at Hickling, 

 Kimberley, and Ormesby. Occasionally they are seen 

 during the early summer perched on the stakes which 

 mark out the channel in Hickling Broad, or on other 

 inland waters; in May, 1867, Mr. Stevenson and Mr. 

 Blofeld saw one flying over Hoveton Broad ; and on the 

 16th May, 1889, Mr. J. H. Gurney, jun., and myself 

 saw two others flying over the same piece of water. 

 Other flocks of seven and three have been seen on the 

 coast in the same month. Of forty-five individuals 

 either killed or seen, only one occurred in January ; 

 five in February (including Mr. Gurney's three) ; three 

 in March ; six in April ; fourteen in May ; four in August 

 (seen by the Rev. Julian Tuck off Hunstanton) ; seven in 

 September ; four in October ; and one in November ; 

 thus the spring months of March, April, and May con- 

 tributed twenty-three towards the total; the autumn 

 months of August, September, and October fifteen, and 

 January, February, and November seven only. 



The January bird must be regarded as an accidental 

 straggler, met with in exceptionally severe weather, 

 and those in February were probably the advance guard 

 of the spring migration, which would indicate the 

 cormorant to be essentially a spring and autumn visitor 

 to the county of Norfolk, never numerous but by no 

 means rare. 



PHALACROCORAX GRACULUS (Linnams). 

 SHAG. 



Unlike the preceding species, the shag, or crested 

 cormorant, must be regarded as very rare on the Norfolk 

 coast, where it has only been met with in winter, 

 between the months of October and February. Hunt 

 makes no mention of it, and the Messrs. Pagets merely 

 remark it is " very rare." Messrs. Gurney and Fisher 



