330 THE ZOOLOGIST. 
ORNITHOLOGICAL NOTES FROM THE NEIGHBOURHOOD 
OF CROMER. 
By J. H. Gurvey, Jun., F.Z.S. 
In my last communications on Cromer Ornithology I remarked 
that none of the Rough-legged Buzzards which occurred so 
numerously during the winter were adult birds, but some time 
after writing I saw a splendid adult ‘“ Rough-leg” at Mr. Dack’s, 
the birdstuffer at Holt, which had been shot at Thornage as late 
as the first week in March. 
March 18th seems a late date for fifteen Tufted Ducks to be 
on Ranworth Broad, as they have never been ascertained to 
breed in the east of the county; yet such was the case, and they 
appeared from their brown colour to be all females. It was late 
also for an adult pair of Goldeneyes and a flock of Wigeon, though 
not for a fine drake Shoveller. In addition to these ducks 
there were swimming about no less than twelve Great Crested 
Grebes in different states of plumage; and mooring my boat for a 
ramble on the marsh I saw a Peregrine Tiercel and a Marsh 
Harrier, the latter no longer the genius loci, as our old naturalists 
once termed him. I saw another on May 8rd at Barton. On 
March 29th there were again a great number of ducks of different 
kinds at Ranworth, but too shy for my accurate identification ; 
and the flock of Great Crested Grebes appeared to have wholly 
attained the breeding garb. On April 22nd there was only one 
Grebe to be seen on the Broad; but three nests were in process 
of building, and would probably have contained eggs if it had 
not been for the east wind, which, according to the broad-man, 
had upset the nests when they were nearly ready. On the 
26th, after four days’ fine weather, Mr. R. B. Sharpe, who was on 
a visit to Norfolk in connection with the Fisheries Exhibition, 
found two eggs in one of these nests. I believe there is no time 
like the spring for observing these Grebes; for in the summer 
they conceal themselves with such cunning, that it is almost 
impossible to see them, although I observed five on one occasion 
on Ranworth Broad in May, and five on another on Hoveton 
Broad in July. 
On April 23rd I accompanied my friend Mr. Norgate in a 
raid on some Carrion Crows’ nests. The line of country between 
