The Zoologist— February, 1873. 3403 



Waxwinff.— On the 14th a good female waxwing was shot about 

 half a mile from my house at North repps by a farmer, as it was 

 flying over his yard. On the 22nd another female was shot at 

 Stiff key, as I learn from Mr. T. J. Mann, and 1 have heard of one 

 or two others. — G. 



Twites. — A few seen near Norwich on the 2nd by a birdcatcher, 

 who netted two or three with common linnets. 



Siskins. — A few seen about the same date. 



Gray Phalarope. — Another was seen swimming in the sea at 

 Lowestoft, about half a mile from the shore, on the 1st, by the same 

 gentleman who saw one on the 12th of last month. — G. 



Roughlegged Buzzard. — A fine immature bird was shot at 

 Hemsby about the J 8th. 



Storm Petrel. — One was picked up alive at Cromer on the 15th, 

 and sent to my house : it was dead when I received it. Another 

 was procured at Ditchingham on the 27th, according to a local 

 paper. — G. 



Sclavonian Grebe. — A specimen, in winter plumage, was shot 

 near Yarmouth. 



Spotted Redshank. — An adult bird, in winter plumage, from 

 Yarmouth, was shot about the 18th. 



December. 



Little Auk. — One picked up dead near the coast on the 4lh. 



Great Northern Diver. — A fine immature bird killed on the 

 coast about the loth. 



Haivfinch. — It is much to be regretted that this species, which 

 now breeds regularly in many parts of this and the adjoining 

 county, should be so ruthlessly slaughtered in the autumn and 

 winter. During the early part of the month some eighteen or 

 twenty are said to have been shot in one garden at Diss, of which 

 about eight were old males, the rest females and young birds. 

 About the same time six or eight were killed in a garden at 

 Carlton, near Norwich, where they were said to be feeding on the 

 bullaces. 



Waxtcing. — A fine male sent into Norwich to be stuffed on 

 the 20th. 



Pintail Duck. — An adult male in the Norwich Market on the 

 28th, where, owing to the mildness of the season, wild-fowl have 

 been very scarce. 



