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some remote corner of the broad and are again 

 attacked in the same manner. 



The specimens in the case were obtained on 

 Hickling Broad in June, 1871. The young are a 

 dav or two old. 



COOT. :(MATURE AND HALF-GROWN YOUNG.) 

 Case 263. 



In this case the young are shown in a more 

 advanced state, being probably six or seven weeks 

 old. 



The specimens in the case were obtained in 

 the Heigham Marshes in the east of Norfolk in 

 June, 1873. 



STOKMY PETREL. 

 Case 264. 



Though but seldom observed except by seafar- 

 ing people the Stormy Petrel is common all round 

 the British Islands. 



I have often noticed these poor little birds 

 terribly distressed by the buffetings they receive 

 during a protracted gale, at times hovering and 

 settling among the breakers, and occasionally being 

 carried before some blinding squall almost helpless 

 inland. 



After a storm of several days' duration in 

 November, 1872, I observed scores of these birds 

 resting on the water a few miles off the coast of 

 Norfolk, apparently thoroughly worn out, with 

 their heads buried in their feathers. On visiting 

 one of the lightships I learned that several of the 

 Stormy as well as a single specimen of the Fork- 

 tailed Petrel had come on board while the gale was 

 at its height. 



It is late in the year before the Petrel arrives. 



