NOTES FROM NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK. 55 
ber 17th, 1884, a Ruff was killed at Stalham. The stomach 
contained seven or eight pebbles, and remains of insects. 
Lirttze Craxe.—A bird of this species which I exhibited at a 
meeting of the Norwich Science Gossip Club on January 5th, 
1881, was shot on the marshes near Hickling Broad on October 
25th, 1880; it is the bird referred to by Mr. Stevenson (Zool. 
1882, p. 374), and was forwarded to me for preservation when 
quite fresh by Mr. Randall Johnson, who afterwards presented it 
to Mr. B. C. Silcock, of Stalham. It is a rare British species, 
though probably occurring more frequently than is generally 
supposed, owing to its minute size, stealthy habits, and power of 
secreting itself amongst the tall grass and sedges of our extensive 
marshes and broads. On dissection I ascertained it to be a 
female. The gizzard was small and somewhat muscular 2 it 
contained the remains of minute insects, including the elytra of 
some small beetles and an entire minute fly, a few small seeds, 
particles of grit, and small stones. Total length from tip of bill 
to end of tail, 8 in.; bill, }in.; wing from carpal joint to tip, 
% in.; from tip to tip of fully-extended wings, 11% in.; tail, 
2isin.; tibia, 12 in.; tarsus, 14 in.; middle toe and claw, 11 in.; 
weight, 12 oz. 
Waxwine. — The Rey. S. N. Micklethwait, of Hickling, in- 
formed me of the occurrence of this uncertain visitor to his 
garden in January, 1884. He was sitting in his dining-room on 
the 20th of that month, and looking out of the window saw four 
birds feeding on the berries of a yew-tree within a few yards of 
him, which he immediately recognised as Waxwings, being well 
acquainted with the species and having specimens in hig 
collection. 
Birrern. — A fine male Bittern was shot on January 9th, 
1884, near Stalham, and sent to me for preservation. It was 
exceedingly fat, and weighed three pounds six ounces. In its 
throat I found the remains of a water-beetle, Dytiscus marginalis, 
with the elytra quite perfect; the stomach contained the bones 
of a small pike and roach, the remains of another Dytiscus, and 
some bits of reed. 
Heron. — On February 7th I received an adult male from 
Weston. In its stomach I found a dace weighing six ounces and 
a half, and measuring eight inches and a half in length; the fish 
was a female, with the roe forward in development. Attached to 
