NOTES FROM NORFOLK. 337 
Pintail Ducks and other Wildfowl. Amongst the very few 
wild Ducks in mature plumage observed at this time may be 
mentioned a pair of Pintail Ducks from Yarmouth, sent to 
Norwich on the 20th, and two adult males on the 27th, and 
another on the 80th. About the same date a beautiful adult 
male Sheldrake was killed at Holkham. 
Great Northern Dwwers, éc.—A good many Divers, but chiefly 
in immature plumage, are said to have appeared off the Yarmouth 
coast during the hard weather. A young Great Northern Diver 
was exhibited in Norwich fish-market on the 16th, and another 
was shot at Blakeney on the 26th. 
Black-headed Gull.—I was not aware till last winter that 
the young of this species are found with the nearly complete 
black head of the summer plumage in December and January. 
Mr. F. Norgate, on the 26th of December, 1878, picked up a 
young bird with black head, barred tail, and mottled wing-coverts, 
and on the 28th saw others with black heads. . 
FEBRUARY. 
Bernicle Goose.—A specimen of this somewhat rare Goose, 
even in severe winters, was killed out of a flock of five at St. 
Faith’s, near Norwich, on the 7th; and I heard of one seen ata 
game-dealer’s shop in Yarmouth about the same time. 
Bewick’s Swan.—A fully adult male was shot on Breydon on 
the 10th. The feathers on the upper part of the head were 
slightly stained with rust-colour. 
Sclavonian Grebe.—Myr. J. H. Gurney, jun., has recorded, in 
the ‘ Zoologist’ for 1880 (p. 181), the occurrence, on the 17th, of 
one of these Grebes at Sidestrand, near Cromer, which was stoned 
as it swam about in a horse-pond close to the public road, and not 
more than a quarter of a mile from the sea. 
Marcu. 
Great Crested Grebe.—A fine bird, just returned to its summer 
haunts, was shot on Rockland Broad, and sent to Norwich on the 
8th. Such was all the protection afforded by certain new Acts of 
Parliament, it being no one’s business to prosecute gunners, 
collectors, or dealers. 
Water Rail.—A bird of this species was found dead under the 
_ telegraph wires near Northrepps, and, singularly enough, near the 
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