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which a hen, in fear for her chickens, was severely buffeting. The 

 bird, scared and exhausted, allowed Mr. Callow to capture it ; and 

 with one wing clipped, it was turned into a walled-in garden, where 

 it remained till its death on the 31st of December. This species 

 bred regularly a few years back on a lofty range of furze-covered 

 hills at the back of Cromer and Runton, and this apparently 

 adult bird may have wandered from that old haunt. This incident 

 was recorded in ' The Zoologist' for 1881 (p. 384) by Mr. J. H. 

 Gurney, jun. 



Sandwich Tern. — A female adult shot on Breydon on the 24th. 



Hooded Crow. — Two were seen at Northrepps on the 31st, 

 which fact, coupled with the late appearance before stated, in the 

 same locality, seems to indicate nesting. 



Swift. — Some still seen over the " Close," at Norwich on the 



28th. 



September. 



House Martin. — These birds, by no means plentiful this 

 season in and around Norwich, began to gather together by the 

 riverside at Heigham about the middle of the month, when some 

 eighty or one hundred were seen together. 



Spotted Crake. — An unusual number of this species were 

 shot in our marshes during this month. 



Kentish Plover. — One of these Plovers, by no means common 

 on our coast, was killed on Breydon on the 14th, and two others 

 on the 24th and 25th, the latter on the beach. I also heard of 

 one from the same locality, immature, in August. 



Grey Shrike. — One seen about the middle of the month on 

 the Denes at Yarmouth. 



Red-necked Phalarope. — One example was shot on Breydon 

 on the 4th ; and another on the 29th at Hopton, swimming in a 

 pond, with ducks, close to the road. Both immature. 



Greylag Geese. — Several flocks of this species were seen 

 on Breydon on the 24th and 25th. Two of them were shot, and 

 one sent to me. 



Blue-throated Warbler. — A very immature specimen was 

 shot at Cley by Mr. Power on the 3rd. 



Smew. — One shot at Filby this month. 



Glossy Ibis. — Mr. Power's belief that he saw a bird of this 

 kind at Cley, on the Oth, was no doubt well founded, as a male 

 bird, in the possession of Mr. George Cresswell, was killed on the 



