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middle of the month, and I heard of one or two others having 
been killed. These no doubt were all bred in the county. 
Black-headed Bunting.--A male brought to me alive on the 
14th, caught wild a few days before, had already attained very 
nearly the black head of the summer plumage, and thrives 
well in my aviary. ‘The severity of the winter, both before 
and after Christmas, seemed to have had little effect upon its 
constitution. 
Hawfinch.—As usual these birds fell victims to the gunners 
during the frost, the general want of food drawing them from their 
hiding-places in yew and fir trees, and abating even their peculiar 
shyness. Of some dozen specimens that I saw during the month, 
all came from localities in this county, where they are known to, 
or are most likely to, breed ; and I have no reason to suppose that 
they are otherwise than residents. 
Woodpecker.—Amongst a dozen or more of Green Wood- 
peckers received during the first half of the month by only one 
of the Norwich birdstuffers, I saw but one Great Spotted, shot at 
Winterton, near Yarmouth. From the experience of other severe 
winters I believe the Green Woodpeckers, like the Hawfinches, 
thus sacrificed, are all residents, exposed alike to the privations 
of such seasons, and, from their gay plumage, to the observations 
of a more than usual number of gunners; and such a prize 
is sure to find its way to the birdstuffers. 
Grey-lag Goose.—A bird of this species, said to have come 
from the neighbourhood of Lynn, was brought to Norwich in the 
flesh on the 14th. 
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker.—An adult female was shot at 
Clippesby on the 23rd. 
Bewick’s Swan.—Mr. F. W. Tracy informs me that, on the 
17th of February, he shot one of a pair of Bewick Swans which 
had frequented some marshes on the Norfolk side of the Waveney, 
between Shipmeadow and Ellingham, for several days. 
Bittern.—A fine specimen, killed near Yarmouth, was sent up 
to Norwich on the 28rd. 
Magpie.—A single bird was seen at Northrepps on the 22nd, 
five near Sherringham on the 23rd, amongst a flock of rooks in a 
field, and two at Northrepps on the 27th. ‘Two or three pairs 
were seen in the neighbourhood of Holt early in June, which 
indicated their still nesting in that part of Norfolk. 
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