2978 Tue ZooLocist—Marc#, 1872. 
Brambling.—October 5. A few bramblings at Northrepps, being 
the only ones seen there this season, as far as I know.—G. 
Ring Ouzel.—October 4. A ring ouzel noticed by the keeper at 
Northrepps.—G. 
Woodcock.—October 29. A woodcock seen flying over Cromer 
churchyard.—G. 
Little Stint.—Two little stints were shot at Terrington, near 
Lynn, on the 4th. 
Gray Phalarope.—A single bird killed some time this month 
near Lynn. 
Spoonbill.—A rather late specimen was bought in Yarmouth 
Market on the 14th, and may have been the one seen near Orford 
by Mr. Leach (Zool. 8. 8.2871). It weighed three pounds fourteen 
ounces, and had no crest or pectoral band, nor did I find the 
twisted trachea.—G. 
Greater Spotted Woodpecker.—Oct.7. One at Northrepps.— G. 
Whites Thrush—Whether or not other recorded examples of 
this rare thrush have been merely young missel thrushes, as hinted 
in an editorial foot-note (S. S. 2912), there is no question as to 
the specific identity of the bird announced by Mr. T. E. Gunn 
(S. S. 2848) to have been killed at Hickling, in this county, on the 
10th of October. Mr. Borrett, who shot it in a low meadow within 
about a mile of the sea-coast, described its flight as resembling 
that of a woodcock, for which bird he mistook it as it rose some 
thirty yards off. This very beautiful specimen is exactly repre- 
sented by the figure in Gould’s ‘ Birds of Great Britain.’ 
Richardson’s Skua.—An immature bird was killed somewhat 
inland, at Burlingham, on the 14th. In Mr. Durnford’s recent note 
on this species (S. S. 2906) the heading should read Suffolk, not 
Norfolk. 
Gray Crow.—On the 27th, as a gentleman was shooting par- 
tridges at Northrepps, he wounded one, which fell at some distance, 
and which he sent his retriever to fetch. ‘The dog was gone a long 
time, and on his going to look after him, he actually found a gray 
crow disputing the possession of the wounded bird.—@. 
Nocturnal Flight of Birds ——To the notices in the ‘ Zoologist’ 
for October and November, under the above heading, of the occur- 
rence, in various parts of England, of immense flocks of plovers and 
other birds, on the nights of the 6th, 8th and 11th of September, it 
may be as well to add that, on the evening of the 6th, after a very 
