THE ZOOLOGIST 



THIRD SERIES. 



Vol. VII.] AUGUST, 1883. [No. 80. 



ORNITHOLOGICAL NOTES FROM NORFOLK. 

 By Henby Stevenson, F.L.S. 



In continuation of former records which I have forwarded for 

 publication in 'The Zoologist,' I now send my ornithological 

 notes relating to Norfolk for the year 1881. 



January. 

 Storm Petrel.— A single bird was shot early this month on 

 the coast near Yarmouth. 



Shore Lark.— Two specimens were sent up from Yarmouth 



on the 10th. 



Goosander. — Three fine old males were shot this month at 

 Yarmouth, one on the 7th, and two between the 26th and 30th ; 

 and several young males and females. 



Sclavonian Grebe. — One was caught in an exhausted state on 

 the 20th, on the rocks, at low water, between Eunton and Beeston. 

 The iris was deep orange-red, with a narrow golden circle next 



the pupil. 



Great Grey Shrike.— One was killed at Flegg Burgh, near 

 Yarmouth, on the 20th. and another at Fundenhall, near Wymond- 

 ham, on the 18th. 



Hawfinch. — These birds, I am sorry to say, were shot in 

 considerable numbers this month, when pinched for food in the 

 terrible weather that prevailed about the 18th ; and one birdstuffer 

 alone, in Norwich, received twenty specimens between the 18th and 

 30th, of which, singularly enough, only three were females. As all 

 these birds were killed over a wide area of the county, and quite 



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