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of heather and rein-deer moss, and a considerable extent of hill- 

 pasturage, sedges and the great hair-moss. I saw no young plovers; 

 the old birds were generally in pairs, and I remarked they were much 

 tamer and less suspicious than when last I had the pleasure of seeing 

 them in the North Lincolnshire marches. 



Sandpiper. — Common on the shores of all the lakes and tarns in 

 this district. I saw a sandpiper fly up from the side of the lake and 

 perch on the slender bough of an alder-tree, where it remained for 

 some time. 



John Cokdeaux. 



Grasmere, July 3, 1867. 



Ornithological Notes from. Norfolk, for March, April, May and June, 

 1867. By Henry Stevenson, Esq. 



(Continued from Zool. S. S. 730.) 



Brambling. — These birds were still with us, in some numbers, up 

 to the 26th of March, on which date I was shown some half-a-dozen, 

 out of at least twenty specimens j which had been killed with 

 poisoned wheat at Flordon, near Norwich. This abominable 

 practice is still, I regret to say, in defiance of legal enactments, 

 pursued by certain farmers in this district, and, as in this case, birds 

 both useful and ornamental are sacrificed in a wholesale manner 

 through the obstinacy and ignorance of individuals. The male birds 

 were in full change, and fast assuming the black head of their summer 

 plumage. 



Twite and Mealy Redpole. — The male of a pair of the former species, 

 killed at Beeston, near Cromer, on the 22nd of March, showed the 

 rich flame-colour on the upper tail-coverts ; and a mealy redpole, with 

 red head, breast and tail-coverts, was netted near Norwich about the 

 25th of May, au unusually late appearance. 



Cormorant. — A fine adult female, showing the white patch on the 

 thigh, was shot at Burgh, near Yarmouth, on the 27th of March. The 

 ovary contained some eggs as large as small peas. In the stomach 

 was found a sharp-nosed eel, about fifteen inches and a half long, and 

 the remains of two others; also about twenty white worms, measuring 

 from one inch and a half to one inch and three-quarters in length, 

 some of which adhered to the coats of the stomach, whilst others were 

 detached. Mr. J. Gunn also found similar worms, and about the 



