THE ZOOLOGIStT—OcToBER, 1875, 4629 
Ornithological Notes from Norfolk. 
By H. Stevenson, Esq., F.L.S. 
(Continued from Zool. S. S. 4370.) 
JANUARY, 1875. 
THE first week of the New Year commenced with so rapid a 
thaw that in a few hours the heavy fall of snow on the ground had 
disappeared, as if by magic, and the temperature became warm 
and spring-like. Birds were singing as in February, and fieldfares 
and redwings had all disappeared from the neighbourhood of the 
city. 
Bittern.—One shot on Rockland Broad on the 8th. Three of 
these birds were brought to Norwich about a week before from 
Acle, Martham and Salthouse. 
Wild-fowl.—But little fowl remained with us after the intense 
frost of December. A young goosander was brought to Norwich 
on the 6th, and a fine male goldeneye was shot on Breydon on 
the 12th. A Bewick’s swan was exhibited in our fish-market 
about the middle of the month, the only one I had seen or heard 
of during the winter. With the exception of a few duck and 
mallard, and some pochards, we had no fowl in our markets 
throughout February ; snipe and woodcocks equally scarce, and 
though a second winter of frost and snow set in about the 25th 
and lasted into March, there was a dearth of all kinds of birds 
worthy of notice. 
Marcu. 
Hobby and Merlin.—About the middle of the month Mr. E. 
Bidwell saw in a London market a specimen of each of the above, 
said to have been killed in Norfolk, and about the same time five 
common crossbills were sent up from Eriswell, near Brandon. 
Goosander, §c.—A fine old male and an immature bird were 
shot on Breydon on the 11th, where a large quantity of fowl had 
collected, apparently waiting for the second batch of hard weather 
to “break up” before migrating northwards. A good many wood- 
cocks were seen in West Norfolk early in the month. 
Hen Harrier.—A female shot somewhere near Cromer was sent 
up to Norwich on the 27th. 
SECOND SERIES—VOL. x. 3A 
