3712 The Zoologist— October, 1873. 



Hmcjinch. — A single bird and a pair seen early this month at 

 Thorpe, near Norwich, no doubt remaining to breed. 



Great Crested Grebe. — Owing to timely protection I have a 

 good account of this species on most of our large broads, but 

 unfortunately they return to those waters loo soon to come at once 

 under the protection of the Act. 



Ring Ouzel. — One shot at St. Faith's, near Norwich, on the 1st. 



Sea Eagle. — A fine young male of this species was shot at 

 Slol<esby, near Yarmouth, on the 22nd, having been seen for some 

 days in that neighbourhood. The bird was brought to me in the 

 flesh, and though very fat, I found only a few small fish-bones, 

 a little fibrous grass, and fragments of dry reed in the stomach. 



Nocturnal Migrants. — Professor Newton informs me that on 

 the 18th, between twelve and one o'clock in the morning, he heard 

 birds passing over the town of Cambridge, apparently of but one 

 species, although he was unable to recognise the note satisfactorily: 

 they continued passing for about ten minutes. I observed the 

 same thing at Norwich on the night of the 20th, but not later than 

 ten o'clock. 



Woodcock. — A perfectly white woodcock is said to have been 

 seen at Gorton, near Lowestoft, about the 20lh of this month. 

 A nest with four eggs, with the bird sitting upon them, was found 

 this month in a plantation at West Tofts, and other birds have 

 been seen. 



May, 1873. 



Whitewinged Black Terns.— 0( this species, no longer a rarity, 

 at least in this county, five specimens were killed out of a flock of 

 seven, at Hickling, near Yarmouth, on the 30th, and seven more 

 are said to have been seen. 



Spoonbill. — One shot on Breydon about the middle of this 

 month. "* 



June, 1873. 



White Stork. — A fine bird was shot at Potter-Heigham, near 

 Yarmouth, on the 5th, no doubt the same recorded in the ' Field,' 

 about that time, as observed in the adjoining county. 



Blackbird. — Second nest of young birds hatched on the 3rd. 



Spoonbill. — Three killed at one shot on Breydon on the 9lh, and 

 a fourth, about the same time, in the same locality. Of the first 

 three, two had slight crests and full-sized bills, the other no crest 



