1496 The Zoologist — January, 1869. 



December. 

 Roughlegged Buzzard. — A fine immature bird was shot near Wolter- 

 ton, on the 5th, and another about the same time, near Yarmouth. 



Woodcocks and Snipe. — There has been a fair sprinkling of cocks 

 throughout the county, though not to be reckoned a "big" season ; 

 and snipe have been very plentiful at times. On the 5th we had some 

 twenty couple hanging for sale in our market. 



Great Spotted Woodpecker. — A young bird, from Runham, on 

 the 5lh. 



Crossbill. — A fine red male was shot at St. Faith's, on the 11th, 

 and a few days previous several are said to have been seen feeding on 

 some berries in the garden of the Lower Close, Norwich, within the 

 city walls. 



Bittern. — Another very fine bird, shot at Hickling, on the 11th. 



Sclavonian Grebe. — Another old bird, in winter plumage, shot at 

 Wretham. 



Immigration of Wood Pigeons. — A gamekeeper, on whose state- 

 ments I can thoroughly rely, and who has for some timtfbeen making 

 careful observations on the birds that arrive and leave our coast, 

 informs me that he has lately seen very large flocks of wood pigeons 

 flying inland in a direction from the sea, and believes they make the 

 land between Cromer and Overslrand. In the first week of December 

 he must have seen thousands, for the most part high overhead, and 

 invariably taking the same course. 



Henry Stevenson. 



Notes at Rainham, Kent, and Neighbourhood. 

 By F. D. Power, Esq. 



September and October, 1868. 



Peregrine. — One was seen by my brother on a marsh near the 

 mouth of the Medway, on the 1st of October: it dashed down to a 

 dunlin that he had just wounded, but did not take it, and made off 

 on receiving a long shot. In the winter of 1866-7 two peregrines 

 were obtained on this same marsh, and others have been seen 

 occasionally, always in the winter months. 



Merlin. — First observed on the 12th of October; but it is a rare 

 species here, although a pair used to frequent a particular wood every 



