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stream near Hellesdon Mills, near Norwich, and, like the one to 
be next mentioned, was said to have been strangely tame. This 
bird was presented by Mr. J. H. Walter to the Norwich Museum. 
On the 12th Mr. G. Smith informed me that a supposed immature 
female, seen in company with six more, was shot on Breydon, and 
that this bird was so tame that it came to the boat-yards, where 
boys threw stones at it. On the 14th, another, described as a 
young male, was also killed on Breydon, and the plumage of both 
was described as very dark. It is quite probable that four large 
diving ducks seen by Mr. J. Barwell on Bridge Broad, Wroxham, 
ten days later, may have been the remnant of this flock, judging 
from his account of their size, form, and actions. An adult female 
Peregrine was shot at Haverland on the 10th. Woodcocks were 
decidedly numerous during the autumn and winter, as shown in 
the Yarmouth district, and bags made at Westwick and Shering- 
ham; but the noted Swanton Wood did not make the return 
expected this year. A Bittern was shot on Barton Broad on the 
23rd. At Yarmouth, on the 8th, Knots and Sanderlings were 
shot on the beach. A little frost and snow in the first and 
second weeks of December brought a good sprinkling of fowl to 
Yarmouth, mostly Duck and Mallard, Wigeon and Teal; and on 
the 12th three Pintails, two males and one female, on Breydon. 
Some notice was taken in the local papers, both at the end of 
November and during December, of flocks of Geese, on one 
occasion numbering over eighty birds, passing over the city at 
midday. Mr. Gunn, who recorded their occurrence in ‘The 
Zoologist’ for 1885 (p. 57), was no doubt correct in supposing 
them to be the half-wild Canada Geese, bred in large numbers on 
various estates in this county, and which, in sharp weather, being 
unpinioned, take long flights from their home quarters. 
NOTES ON THE VERTEBRATE ANIMALS OF 
LEICESTERSHIRE. 
By Monracu Browne, F.Z.S. 
(Continued from p. 253). 
Class Aves.— Order Passeres.—F amily Turpipm. 
Turdus viscivorus, Linn. Missel Thrush (‘ Thrice-cock,” 
* Thristle-cock.”).— Resident, commonly distributed, and breeding 
