14 THE ZOOLOGIST. 



Greater Spotted Woodpecker, Picus major (L.) — Not un- 

 common, but oftener heard than seen. I only saw one near 

 Lillehammer, though I heard rnany, and it was rare at Laurgaard. 

 I saw none on Dovre. 



Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, P. minor (L.) — I shot a male 

 near Lillehammer, and saw another. At Laurgaard I saw one, 

 and at Fokstuen one. 



Three-toed Woodpecker, Picoules tridactylus (L.) — I only 

 met with one example, a female, near Lillehammer, which was 

 feeding on a nest of the large wood ant {Formica rufa). 



Green Woodpecker, Gecinus viridis (L.) — This, probably 

 the commonest Woodpecker in Norway, I never happened to 

 meet with. 



Wryneck, Jynx torquilla (L.) — I saw one on the hill above 

 Lillehammer, and heard several others there and at Laurgaard ; 

 none noticed on Dovre. 



Cuckoo, Cuculns canorus (L.) — Very common in Gudbrands- 

 dalen, on Dovre, and in Foldalen. It may be persuaded to follow 

 a person almost like a dog by imitating the note — a performance 

 which never failed to astonish any Norwegian witness of it. 



(To be continued.) 



NATURAL HISTORY NOTES FROM ALDEBURGH. 

 By H. A. Macl'uhkson. 



During last autumn I spent a few weeks at Aldeburgh, and 

 came across a few birds of some little interest. 



Desiring to identify all the early arrivals and to get a few 

 skins, I got a Thorpe fisherman to carry a gun occasionally. 

 Upon August 16th a Eedshank had still the nestling down adhe- 

 ring to the hind neck ; the same morning a party of four Turn- 

 stones passed over head, stooping to A.'s call but not coming 

 within gunshot. I got an example, a young bird, on the 19th, 

 and saw a single Turnstone consorting with some common 

 Sandpipers on the edge of the Aide river on August 27th. 



Late in the afternoon of August 28th a fine Skua visited 

 Thorpe mere, and I watched it for a considerable time; on 

 August 31st a Great Skua, perhaps the same individual, was 

 noticed at sea by the Thorpe fishermen. 



