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Brent Goose {Branta hernida). 



One picked up at Northrepps, in December, is dark-breasted 

 (Davy), but the validity of this form is not allowed in the 

 Practical Handbook of British Birds II., p. 255. 



Garganey {Anas qnerquedula) . 



First seen on March 19th, and on May 7th there was a 

 clutch of eggs on one of the Broads, while later a nest was 

 reported on Tompson Water, and Dr. Long heard of another 

 at Hargham. If the weather be open the peculiar " crick " 

 of the Garganey is to be heard very early in the year. 



Pochard {Nyroca ferina) . 



Miss Turner, writing on December 8th, speaks of there 

 being quite a crowd of Pochards at Hickling, where, on the 

 17th, Mr. Montagu shot a hybrid, believed to be a cross between 

 this species and the Tufted Duck. 



Eider Duck {Somateria m. mollissima) . 



During the latter part of September, a male in change 

 was seen off Blakeney by Dr. Long. 



Gannet {Sula hassana). 



During the latter part of the Yarmouth herring -fishery 

 season, several Gannets were washed ashore, poor starving 

 birds, some of them with pieces of net twisted round their 

 necks. MissFerrier counted six on the beach atHemsby, and 

 Mr. Doughty as many as nine at Goriest on, besides remarking 

 great numbers of moulted feathers on the sand. One Gannet 

 was seen to snatch a piece of liver before the ravenous Gulls, 

 to which the skipper of the trawler had thrown the morsel, 

 could get it (Matthews). 



They are a great nuisance to the fishermen, who, when they 

 get a bad entanglement, do not scruple to use the knife and 

 sever a wing or two, rather than waste time over a lengthy 

 liberation-. 



Fork-tailed Petrel [Oceanodroma leucorrhoa) . 



One picked up at Norwich near the river, October 15th 

 (Gunn), and another found on November 7th, at South 

 Walsham (Sir Bartle Frere). No Storm-Petrels have been 

 reported. 



Fulmar {Ftdmarus glacialis). 



The year never passes without one or two Fulmars being 

 washed up. A couple were found at Gorton by Mr. Cook 



