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Wolferton marshes, near Lynn, on the 16th. Others were seen 

 at the same time, and a second example was said to have been 

 shot. This occurrence was recorded by Mr. Southwell in ' The 

 Zoologist' for 1881 (p. 465), and three others were subsequently 

 recorded in the same journal as obtained in Lincolnshire, Hamp- 

 shire, and at Balls Park, Hertfordshire, about the same time. 



Quail. — One shot at Shotesham on the 6th ; and another, in 

 the same locality, on the 1 Oth. 



October. 



Shore Lark. — I had a male sent me alive for my aviary from 

 Yarmouth, on the 10th. 



Summer Migrants. — A Wheatear and Redstart were seen at 

 Northrepps on the 13th, and a Goatsucker was shot on Yarmouth 

 beach on the 23rd of September. On the 16th of October a 

 Chiffchaff was killed at Yarmouth, and a House Martin seen 

 October 16th. On the 5th two Ring Ouzels, one adult and one 

 immature, were shot at Somerton. 



Skuas. — One Great Skua, two Pomatorhines (one black variety, 

 the other white-breasted with dark bars), and an adult Richardson 

 were shot off Yarmouth on the 3rd. Also two immature Richard- 

 son's on the 21st, two adult and one immature Buffon's Skuas 

 about the 22nd, and an adult Pomatorhine on the 25th. The 

 Great Skua is quite a rarity on our eastern coast ; I have but one 

 in my collection, and that from Lowestoft, Suffolk. 



Wood Lark. — A single bird was shot on Yarmouth Denes on 

 the 5th — a strange date and locality. 



Spotted Crake. — This species also occurred throughout this 

 month in some numbers in the Broad district. 



Grey Crow. — A considerable flock seen to arrive on the coast, 

 about Northrepps, on the 4th. 



Red-necked Phalarope. — An immature bird obtained at 

 Yarmouth on the 3rd. Mr. Fenwick Hele also recorded in ' The 

 Field' of October 26th two of these birds as shot at Aldeburgh, 

 in Suffolk, a few days before. 



Sabine's Gull. — Two immature birds, male and female, were 

 shot on Breydon on the 17th and 22nd; the first occurrence of 

 this species in Norfolk. Two other examples, also young birds, were 

 recorded in the 'Field' and 'Zoologist' as obtained, one at the 

 mouth of the Liffey, and one at Dublin, in the previous month. 



