The Zoologist — November, 1870. 2363 



Hen Harrier. — An adult female at Yarmouth on the 18th. 



Little Grebe.— As usual during severe frosts, dabchicks had a hard 

 time of it, and many were shot in the smaller streams. On the 26th 

 one was found dead, with a "miller's thumb" sticking in its throat. 



Blackthroaled Diver.— k female, with partial black throat, killed on 

 Breydon, on the 19lh, and another, immature, on the 23rd. Young 

 redthroated divers not uncommon on the rivers and broads. 



Merlin. — An adult female merlin shot on the 12th. 



Sclavonian Grebe.— ^evexaX examples killed in full winter plumage. 



Gulls.— The heavy winds that drove these birds inland about the 

 middle of this month caused a considerable slaughter by the gunners. 

 Some two dozen were brought into Norwich by one man, about the 

 19th, consisting chiefly of common and blackheaded gulls, with a iew 

 fine specimens of the great blackbacked and herring gulls. It was 

 about this time that the extraordinary influx of little gulls appeared 

 on our coast, which I shall describe in a separate notice. 



Gray Phalarope.—K single specimen shot at Cley early in the 

 month. 



Purple Sandpiper.— k single bird shot on a common near Dereham, 

 in quite an inland situation, probably driven in by the gales. 



March. 



Gray Shrike. — A male shot at Ringstead, on the 2nd. 



Spotted Crake. — An unusually small specimen of this rail was shot 

 at Thorpe, near Norwich, on the 3rd— an early date for this species, 

 which seldom appears before the end of March. The beak measured 

 only fths of an inch ; total length of bird 8| inches j extent of wings 

 134 inches. 



Sclavonian Grebe. — See Mr Gunn's note in the ' Zoologist ' 

 (S. S. 2225). 



Hooper Swan. — Only three wild swans are said to have been seen 

 on Breydon during the winter. A fine bird was shot at Oulton, near 

 Lowestoft, on the 4th. 



Bittern. — Another specimen in our market on the 2nd. Towards 

 the middle of the month one was heard "booming" on Hoveton 

 Broad, where a pair have nested the last two or three years. 



Blackthroaled Diver. — A blackthroaled diver, immature, shot about 

 this date. 



Goosander. — A fine pair shot on Gunton Lake, near Cromer, on the 

 7th, and two females on the 20lh. 



