THE ZooLocist—SEPTEMBER, 1872. 3227 
Guillemot.—In the beginning of the month some young were 
seen off Cromer by a fisherman. It appears that some of the young 
Alcade wander down here from Flamborough long before they are 
able to fly.—G. 
Woodcock.—One was brought to me on the 22nd from Roughton 
by a woman whose children had found it near the telegraph wire. 
It was living, but its wing was broken in two places. It was very 
amusing to see it bore for worms in a damp sod, and the quantity 
it disposed of during the four days it lived was “a caution.” It 
would take them out of my hand the day after it was caught. I 
observed many interesting traits which were new to me, for 
instance, a habit it had of sometimes scratching its beak with its 
foot after feeding.—G. 
Common Sandpiper.—On the 26th I saw one perch on a rail at 
our village pond. This species does not breed in Norfolk (B. of 
Norf. vol. i1., p. 232).—@. 
Pheasant.—Among the young pheasants there is a hybrid 
between a fowl anda pheasant. Old hybrids of this description 
have often come under my observation, chiefly tame bred.—G. 
Wryneck.—lt is well known that the wryneck may be induced 
to lay a large number of eggs. On the 13th of July a collector in this 
county took his forty-second from a pair which had been deluded into 
building in a stump prepared expressly for them. As this number 
exceeds anything I ever heard of before I applied for the details, 
which my friend supplied as follows :—“ I first noticed the wryneck’s 
nest on the 29th of May, when there were four eggs init. I took three 
eggs away. On the 3rd of June I took away five more eggs, 
leaving one egg. On the 4th of June I took another egg, and on 
the 5th the bird did not lay (in the box), so I took the remaining 
egg, leaving the box empty. On the 7th of June there were two 
more eggs in the box, and I took an egg every morning until the 
22nd, when I was unable to find the box unoccupied. After that 
I generally took an egg every day, but sometimes the bird missed 
a day and sometimes I missed a day, and then took two or three eggs 
at once. On the 13th of July I took the last or forty-second egg, 
which she seemed determined to hatch (the forty-two eggs were 
all full-sized); the forty-first egg also was slightly sat on. When- 
ever | heard the cackling loud and within a few yards of the box, 
1 used to go and rob the nest, which was then unoccupied by the 
bird, Since the 13th of July I have not heard or seen a wryneck 
