THE ZOOLOGIST 



FOB 



1869. 



Ornithological Notes for Norfolk from Fehiiary to December, 1868. 

 By Henky Stevenson, Esq., F.L.S. 



(Continued from Zool. S. S. 1128). 



Febrdary. 



Sclavonian Grebes.— Tvfo adult birds killed near Stiffkay on the 

 14th.* Another bird of this species was also killed at Weyborne on 

 the 30th of January. 



Pinkfooted Goose.— 0\^ the 25th I purchased a fine specimen in our 

 fish-market, shot somewhere in the Broad district. 



March. 



Shellducks.— On the 3rd of this month Mr. J. H. Gurney observed 

 eleven of these ducks in Leadenhall Market, and was informed by the 

 dealer that he had had twelve, six from Norwich and six from Yar- 

 mouth. This I believe was quite correct, as on the 27th of February 

 I purchased a fine adult female, one of seven then hanging for sale in 

 the Norwich Market. The remainder were sent to London, and had 

 all been killed near Lynn. 



Peregrine Falcon.— A fine adult female killed at Langley on the 9th. 



French Partridge. — A covey of seven birds were observed by a 

 fisherman on the 17th to drop exhausted into the sea ofi" Cromer, and 

 on rowing up to the spot they were all picked up alive— another 

 instance, no doubt, of intended migration in this species (see ' Birds 

 of Norfolk,' vol. i. p. 413). 



* I must here correct an error in my previous notice, the word "eared" occurring 

 instead of "Sclavonian" (Zool. S. S. 1127), under the head of "Divers and 

 Grebes."—//. S. 



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