NOTES FROM NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK, 53 
Gapwauu.—A male Gadwall, rather a scarce duck in Norfolk, 
was shot on December 26th at Lynn, and on the same day a male 
Shoveller was killed at Yarmouth. 
GULL-BILLED Tern.—On May 8th an adult specimen was 
killed at Yarmouth by a Breydon gunner, and sold by him as a 
Sandwich Tern; it changed hands several times, but was unfor- 
tunately kept too long, the weather at the time being warm, and 
favouring decomposition, so that when I saw it, several days after 
it was shot, it literally dropped to pieces, and was quite unfit for 
preservation. I had, however, fortunately received another 
specimen which was killed on the same day at Yarmouth ; this 
was doubtless the companion to the first-named, for two were 
seen together by the gunner referred to. On dissection, this 
latter bird proved to be a female, the ovary containing a large 
cluster of eggs, several as large as hemp-seed. The bill, legs, 
and feet were black, eyes dark brown, and the following are the 
dimensions :—Total length (beak and tail included), 153 inches; 
fully extended wing to extreme tips, 36 inches; wing carpus to 
tip, 13 inches; bill along curve of upper mandible, 13 inch; bill 
depth at base, $ inch; tail (tip to root included), 54 inches; 
weight, 7 ozs. 
Buackx Trern.—An adult female Black Tern just assuming its 
winter plumage, and showing the forehead and throat white, was 
killed at Yarmouth on August 6th. In this change this species is 
of rather unusual occurrence here. I shot a similar specimen 
during the corresponding period of 1873 on Hickling Broad, this 
being also a female. 
RED-THROATED Divers.-—I saw three of these birds in our 
market on November 7th, and was told they had been sent up 
from the Broad districts. I had one sent me that was killed at 
Rockland, about seven miles from Norwich, and the Rev. C. J. 
Lucas told me one was killed on Filby Broad on the 18th. 
Buack-THROATED Diver.—A male in immature plumage, but 
showing a few square white spots on its back and shoulders, was 
shot on Oulton Broad, near Mutford, on November 15th. 
Lirtite Atx.—Two Little Auks, male specimens, were picked 
up near Norwich, and sent to me om November 9th. One was 
found at Plumstead Parva not quite dead; these birds had been 
driven inland by the severe storm that prevailed the previous 
night. 
