3860 The Zoologist — February, 1874. 



and that it was a chance stiaggler seems probable from its being 

 quite alone, swimming about in a small "plash" of water on the 

 Breydon "flats," and that no others have since come to my notice. 

 As usual, it showed no apprehension of clanger when approached. 

 1 have never seen an example of this species, killed in Norfolk, with 

 so much of the summer plumage still remaining. 



Terns. — One black tern was shot on Breydon by Mr. Harting on 

 the 5th, and two on the J2th, with some of the common species. 



Marsh Harrier. — Two of these birds were seen on Ranworth 

 Broad during the first week of this month, and one was shot about 

 a week later in that neighbourhood. 



Osprey. — A young male killed on the 13th at Potter Heigham, 

 near Yarmouth, was sent me on the following day, and was, I fear, 

 the same bird which had been seen at Ranworth and one or two 

 neighbouring localities during the previous week, carrying off fish 

 from the broad waters. 



Wigeon remaining in Summer ? — A broadman at Surlingham, 

 named Rich, assures me that when swan "ui)ping" iu the second 

 week of August, at a place known as "Rudd's Waters," between 

 Surlingham and Rockland Broads, he flushed a male wigeon, and 

 having seen a pair in the same neighbourhood as late as the month 

 of May, believes they remained to nest there, more particularly as 

 the waters referred to are scarcely ever disturbed and have been full 

 of other fowl throughout the summer. Rich assures me he saw the 

 yellow about the head of the male wigeon distinctly. To these 

 local gunners this species is known as the "smee," the difference 

 between " smee" and "smew" being well known to them. Another 

 broadman, named Trett, also from Surlingham, informs me that 

 some forty years ago, when fishing in the summer, near the same 

 " Rudd's Waters," a male wigeon came out from the reeds, quite 

 close to the boat, when his father, who was with him, remarked that 

 the female had a nest close by. Both these men assert that occa- 

 sionally a wigeon or tufted duck, slightly wounded, remains with 

 us through the summer. 



Fieldfare. — Major Irby sent me, in the flesh, on the 20th, a field- 

 fare shot by himself on the 17th. This early arrival (?) shows no 

 mark of immaturity, and from the breast-bone the birdstuffer who 

 made a skin of it for me considered it a last year's bird. Mr. Irby 

 also informs me that he saw two at Boyland about the 7th of June, 

 but could find no nest. 



