The Zoologist— February, 1867. 595 



measured about two inches in length each, and were with difficulty 

 removed. 



Sky Lark.—k perfectly white specimen was killed near Loddon on 

 the 28th; but in this bird the eyes were of the normal colour. 



November. 



Winter Visitants.— Lesser redpoles have been extremely plentiful, 

 with a few pairs of mealy redpoles as well. Siskins and bramblings 

 have also been netted by our Norwich birdcatchers, but not in any un- 

 usual quantity. Just previous to the first fall of snow, on the 19th, a 

 large number of fowl arrived on the coast, and on the 17th, as I learn 

 from an old marshman at Surlingham, more fowl rose from the reed- 

 beds on the Broad, in the early morning, than he had seen for some 

 years : he described them as looking like " great banks of birds," as 

 they loomed through the fog, and the fact of its having blown hard, 

 out at sea, for a day or two, would account for their resting more in- 

 land. Teal have been very plentiful, and it is a good season for wood- 

 cocks; a fair sprinkling of snipes, but the marshes much flooded. 

 Goosander. — A fine adult female shot near Belaugh on the 24th. 

 Little Gull.— Mr. Frere, of Yarmouth, informs me that an immature 

 bird of this rare species was killed on the beach during the first week 

 in November. 



Shore Larks. — A pair of these rare birds, male and female, were 

 shot at Beeston, near Cromer, on the 28th. The female was evidently 

 a bird of the year, having a very small gorget, with the tips of the 

 feathers edged with light brown, and the patches on the cheeks very 

 indistinct. In the male, the larger bird of the two, the black on the 

 head and gorget was more pure, and the sides of the head tinged with 

 yellow : the absence, however, in both, of the rich vinous tints on the 

 shoulders gave them a very sky lark looking appearance about the 

 upper parts of the plumage. The stomachs contained a number of 

 small black seeds and pebbles. 



December. 



Bittern.— The usual migration to our coasts, at this season, of these 

 former residents on our Broads has just commenced. Oue was killed 

 at Barton on the 1st, another at Wroxham on the 12th, and a third at 

 Barton on the 14th. 



Great Gray Shrike.— Another specimen, an adult female, was killed 



at Hickling on the 5th. 



