322 THE ZOOLOGIST. 



Raptorial Migrants. — In January a Rough-legged Buzzard 

 was shot at Filby on the 7th, and another at Hanworth, near 

 Cromer, on the 14th; and on the 18th a Peregrine was seen close 

 by at Gunton. On the 28th a live Short-eared Owl was sent me 

 from Yarmouth; and on the 31st five were seen at Roughton 

 Heath, near Cromer, and three on the Warren. Again on the 

 24th of February a Short-eared Owl was observed by a game- 

 keeper at Northrepps, flying round inside his garden, and dropping 

 down every few minutes after mice. The same keeper, on the 6th 

 of March, saw a Sparrowhawk chasing a Short-eared Owl. On 

 the 7th of February a young Hen Harrier was shot at Flegg 

 Burgh, and another at Hickling on the 14th ; and a Marsh Harrier 

 was seen at Ranworth on the 18th. A Peregrine Falcon was also 

 seen at the same time and place ; and a young bird was sent up 

 to Norwich (no locality) early in the month, and a nearly adult 

 bird from Gorleston on the 3rd. A Common Buzzard was killed 

 at Letheringsett in February, and a Rough -legged Buzzard at 

 Thornage on the 1st of March. Short-eared Owls appeared, 

 singly, at Northrepps on March 26th and April 3rd, and a Buzzard 

 on the 18th of April. An unusual number of Marsh Harriers 

 were seen this spring in the Broad district, and one or two 

 frequented the larger Broads throughout the season, but I have 

 reason to believe they did not nest, as the Short-eared Owls 

 undoubtedly did. An Osprey was seen at Potter Heigham on 

 the 13th of June, but from that date, excepting some Hobbies' 

 nests found in Foxley Wood by Mr. F. Norgate, I have no 

 other raptorial notes till the month of September, which was 

 remarkable for the abundance of Honey and Common Buzzards. 

 The chief ornithological feature of the year was, undoubtedly, 

 the considerable influx of these birds in September, along our 

 whole line of coast and adjoining parts of Suffolk, simulta- 

 neously; the specimens seen or obtained, occurring between the 

 21st and 30th of the month. From my own notes, at the 

 time, from Yarmouth and its neighbourhood, chiefly supplied 

 to me by Mr. G. Smith, of the Priory, and from notes made 

 by Mr. Gurney as to examples seen or killed in the Cromer district, 

 I have made out the following list, which may give some little 

 idea of the extent of the immigration ; but I have had some 

 difficulty in avoiding repetition in numbers, as birds recorded 





