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ORNITHOLOGICAL NOTES FROM NORTH NORFOLK. 
By J. H. Guryey, Jun., F.Z.S. 
RotteR.—On June 6th a very good female Roller was shot 
at Gresham, near Cromer, and is now in the possession of 
Mr. Page. 
Buack Repstart.—On October 21st and 22nd I went to 
Blakenny with Mr. H. Seebohm; the weather was propitious, 
but the Sandpipers very wild. No Bluethroats showed them- 
selves, but a pair of Black Redstarts had taken up their quarters 
on the coastguard’s little house, standing by itself far away from 
any other habitation, and Mr. Seebohm shot the female. This is 
a very rare Norfolk bird, though in December, 1875, a male in 
change was shot at Blakeney (Zool., p. 4894), and about four 
others have been obtained in the county. 
Rock Pirrr.—There had evidently been a great arrival of 
Rock Pipits, a species which is rare on our coast (where there 
are not any rocks), except on migration, and we must have seen 
at least four hundred. There is good reason for supposing it 
has bred with us once (cf. Norw. Nat. Trans. iii. p. 346). Half- 
a-dozen shot for identification did not include an example of the 
Scandinavian form (Anthus rupestris), said to be “ not infrequent 
on the Yorkshire and Lincolnshire coasts in the autumn” (Fifth 
Report on Migration, p. 41), and which has occurred thrice in 
Norfolk, but each time inland. On November 16th six Rock 
Pipits were caught alive in clap-nets at Yarmouth, and taken to 
Mr. G. Smith, who informs me that he has had eighteen brought 
to him alive. It is not so long since this bird was considered 
nearly as rare in Norfolk as the Shore Lark. 
Hooprep Crow.—Seen by us at Blakeney on the 2lst con- 
stantly coming from the sea, and flying by the compass W.N.W. 
If they pursued this course from starting their last resting-place 
must have been Amsterdam. It is solely owing to the wind that 
they are made to cross the sea in this retrograde fashion. 
Guuis.— Exactly the same course was being pursued by 
parties of Gulls—mostly the Herring and Greater Black-backed. 
I do not think five minutes ever elapsed until the evening, when 
their numbers slackened, without some passing overhead. This 
is not so remarkable while we have a westerly or north-westerly 
