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very large flock of Lapwings, flying high towards the west, was 
seen from Cromer station. ; 
AuaGusT. 
Great Crested Grebe.—On the 13th, on Wroxham Broad, I saw 
a pair of these birds diving for small fish, with which they 
fed their young ones, about three parts grown. At another part 
of the Broad was a single bird whose mate was said to have been 
shot, and this one, towards evening, suddenly rose from the 
water and flew over to the Hoveton side of the river; its 
long neck stretched out giving it much the appearance of a 
miniature Diver. It is very unusual to see this species on the 
wing, except on their first return to our broads and meres in 
spring. 
Pochard at Surlingham. —On the 6th of this month I saw 
a hen Pochard on “Bargate,” which allowed a pretty near 
approach before it rose and flew into a reed-bed. A cock Pochard, 
winged, had been seen on the same water late in spring, and this 
hen bird had probably joined him; but if they had a nest it 
must have been destroyed in the summer floods. 
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker.—I heard of one having been 
killed early in the month at Saxlingham. The bird was said to 
be chasing a Nuthatch, and both were shot. 
Green-backed Porphyrio.—My. J. H. Gurney, jun., recorded in 
“The Zoologist’ for 1879 (p. 458), the occurrence of another bird 
of this species (Porphyrio smaragdonotus), at Barton, on the 
23rd of August. This makes the fourth example killed in this 
county; but one of these, shot at Hickling, was no doubt an 
escaped bird. 
OcTOBER. 
_ Shore Larks.—Three specimens were sent to Norwich for 
preservation on the 16th, which had been shot at Yarmouth. 
Long-tailed Duck.— An immature bird was shot at Yarmouth 
on the 20th. 
Litile Gull.—Mr. J. H. Gurney, jun., received a single speci- 
men from Yarmouth about the same date as the preceding. 
Ring Ouzel.—Mr. T. E. Gunn, in ‘Land and Water,’ records 
a Ring Ouzel as seen in a garden in Norwich about the end of 
October. 
Black Guillemot.—When at Yarmouth this month Mr. J. H. 
Gurney, jun., ascertained that a specimen of this Guillemot, rare 
