286 WILD LIFE ON A NORFOLK ESTUARY 



Sept. 2&th. After continuous east winds I went to the har- 

 bour mouth, thinking that in all probability 

 some unfortunate rock-bird might have been 

 washed ashore. I saw one weary red-throated 

 diver, at which some boys were throwing 

 stones, swimming in a muddled fashion just 

 outside the breakers, and found one dead 

 razorbill and one guillemot among the debris 

 of the tidemark. I also found a Manx shear- 

 water near the breakwater, but it was in too 

 bedraggled a condition for preservation. It 

 is rare here. 



THE CRANE 



Oct. Jth. Saw a young guillemot deliberately robbing 

 the hooks of the sea-anglers at the Gorleston 

 breakwater ; he tackled one hook too many, 

 and greatly to his surprise was landed on the 

 platform. 



\Afth. Saw the first snow-bunting of the season on 

 Breydon walls, feeding on the down-covered 

 seeds of the Michaelmas daisy (Aster tripo- 

 liuni). As it sprang up on my approach, two 

 swallows darted at it an incident which 

 seemed to suggest dislike to the harbinger 

 of approaching winter. As I walked home 

 by the Acle road I passed a yellow wagtail 

 a rather late stayer. 



