THE ZooLocist—MarcH, 1872. 2983 
Bearded Tits.—December 30. A small flock of bearded tits seen 
at Ranworth, but it was too windy for them, and the reeds are too 
dense to get a good view. They are said never to come into the 
smaller broad of South Walsham adjoining.—G. 
Starling.—Within a few yards of Mr. Jary’s house at Burlingham 
is the largest starling-roost I ever saw, in a laurel shrubbery. They 
begin to pour in about four o’clock in the afternoon, and no amount 
of shouting will drive them away. The noise and mess they make 
is something altogether unusual.—G. 
Coot.—An utter absence from the broads of coots, which left 
Ranworth, South Walsham, Hickling, Breydon and Rockland, when 
the frost set in. Mr. Lubbock says, “A broad entirely devoid of 
coots would be London without sparrows, or Newcastle without 
coals.” The marshmen appeared to think it an unusual thing, and 
the annual coot shooting at Hickling has had to be put off in 
consequence.—G. 
Brent Geese.—A few young birds in Norwich Market on the 2nd. 
Wigeon.—A pinioned bird, which had been kept on the same 
water at Hoveton for eighteen years, died on the 18th of this 
month. 
Quail.—An old female shot at Whinburgh on the 9th. 
Merlin.—A very beautiful adult male was shot at Plumstead, near 
Norwich, on the 8th. 
Bitterns.—As usual in severe weather, several were killed during 
this month. One was shot at Plumstead on the 8th; one at 
Hickling on the 5th; and another at Colney, within three miles of 
Norwich, on the 11th. 
Green Sandpiper.—One killed about the 9th during severe frost. 
Great Northern Diver.—An immature bird was killed on the 
coast early in the month, and a young male at Lynn on the 10th: 
this bird had the lower mandible three-quarters of an inch shorter 
than the upper, probably from an injury when very young. Several 
observed off the coast, as well as redthroated divers. 
Pied Woodpecker.—An adult male was shot at Blofield on the 
5th, and an adult female at Hoveton on the 15th. 
Bean Goose.—Several examples of this species, which was hard 
to procure in the severe winter of 1870-71, have been killed in 
different parts of the county. One killed at Potter Heigham on 
the 22nd had several white feathers round the base of the bill; 
it weighed nine pounds. 
