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yellow plumage, was shot at Mousehold, near Norwich ; on the 25th 



of May two red males and one female at Rollesby, near Yarmouth, and 



on the 27th and 28th two red males, one male yellow and red, and 



three females, in the same neighbourhood, no doubt members of the 



same flock. 



. . , , Henry Stevenson. 



Norwich, July 5, 1867. 



Summer Migrants, 8,-c, near Norwich.— The following are the earliest dates of the 

 appearance of some of our summer migrants in this neighbourhood, according to my 

 own observations: — 



March 22. Willow warblers and chiffchaffs plentiful about the woods and sheltered 

 localities. The garganey or summer teal appears pretty numerously in the vicinity of 

 Yarmouth: a beautiful male was killed at Reepham. 

 March 27. Wheatear. 



April 1. A nest of the song thrush, with young about a week old. 

 „ 2. An adult male crossbill shot at Mousehold. 

 „ 3. Spotted crake : several specimens have been obtained. 

 „ 6. Cuckoo heard. 



„ 7. I saw two house martins, about 11 a.m. ; they were flying low near my 

 residence. 



„ 10. Several sand martins near the river. 

 „ 11. Wryneck. 



„ 13. Yellow wagtail, which appears somewhat plentiful this season compared 

 with previous years. See note on gray headed wagtail (S. S. 824). 

 „ 14. Nightingale heard. 

 „ 16.- Redstart (male) seen. 

 „ 17. Ring ouzel. 



„ 19. I saw a blackcap (male), the cuckoo and nightingale. 

 „ 25. Saw a lad with a nest of nearly fully fledged blackbirds. 

 „ 26. Dunlins in summer plumage, shot on the coast, also adult males of the 

 lesser blackbacked gull, kittiwake gull and common guillemot. 



May. During the course of the first week swifts and redbacked shrikes were seen. 

 I examined the stomach of a specimen of the latter, and found it filled with the 

 remains of a blue tit. 



May 13. An immature specimen of the rook, with its entire plumage of a dark ash- 

 colour, was shot at Elmham, near Swaffham. 



May 17. Whimbrel (a female) shot on the beach near Beeston Regis. 

 May 22. Hoopoe (a splendid male) shot in the vicinity of Rollesby: the contents 

 of its stomach were several skins of some lepidopterous larvae and three or four small 

 brown spiders. 



May 22 to 29. Crossbills rather plentiful in the vicinity of Yarmouth : as many as 

 nine specimens, in various stages of plumage, were sent me for preservation between 

 these dates : the contents of their stomachs, in every case, comprised a mixture of fir- 

 seeds and small grit. 



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