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observatories, the House-Sparrow has never, I beheve, been 

 represented, nor among the numerous birds coming in from 

 the direction of the sea have I ever identified this species. 

 They will, however, sometimes accompany a ship from one 

 port to another, and in that way a few may cross the North 

 Sea. On the other hand Dr. C. B. Ticehurst has seen Sparrows 

 on the denes at Lowestoft under circumstances which led 

 him to think they were migrants,* although here there was 

 no absolute proof. 



Yellow Bumting [Emheriza c. citrinella). 

 September 28th, S. i. To-day the number of Yellow 

 Buntings on Cromer hills was very noticeable, but when 

 fishing for pollack yesterday I observed nothing pass. I 

 do not remember to have had this species from our floating 

 lightships, although Snow-Buntings have been occasionally 

 sent, and also the Reed-Bunting, but that it is essentially a 

 migrant can hardly be doubted, and the observation of the 

 Duchess of Bedford [antea, p. 214) goes to prove it. 



WooD-L.\RK [LiiUula a. arboyea). 

 Wood-Larks never breed in north Norfolk, and are 

 practically unknown on my side of the county, except at 

 the end of the year, when the first fall of snow generally 

 brings a few to the coast. One was seen at Lowestoft on 

 December 19th by Mr. F. C. Cook, and some more caught 

 at Yarmouth in a clap-net (B. Dye), while soon afterwards a 

 Httle flock of five were identified at Trimmingham by Mr. 

 Davey. 



Skv-L.\rk {Alaiida a. arvcnsis). 

 During the summer, my correspondent, Mr. Tracy, of Lynn, 

 came across several nests, with the young ones lying dead 

 on the ground, probably for some reason their parents had 

 been unable to find them a sufficiency of food. 



White Wagtail {Motacilla a. alba). 

 Two are believed to have been identified in the spring, 

 one on April i8th, and a female which was caught alive on 

 March 30th (E. C. Saunders), near Yarmouth. 



Great Titmouse {Pants major). 

 At the end of October birds described as " Blackcaps," 

 but more probably some species of Titmouse, visited the 

 Cromer Knoll lightship, while on November i6th the large 

 number of Great Tits in the allotment gardens at Yarmouth 

 suggested to Mr. Dye a migratory arrival. It is seventy-three 



* Norwich Naturalists' Trans., IX., p. 612. 



