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days before. In this bird there was a slight trace of black on the 

 ridge of the base of the upper mandible, but in Mr. Gurney's 

 male, as before stated, the yellow colour extended to the extreme 

 base of the bill. 



Maech. 



Yellowhammer. — A curious variety, just netted, was shown 

 me on the 1st, the prevailing tints of the plumage being very light 

 and, in parts, white, with scarcely a trace of yellow. 



tCittiwake. — A straggler from the coast, in full adult plumage, 

 was picked up dead (but in a perfectly fresh state), in a marsh at 

 Surlingham, on the 6 th. 



Sparrowhawk. — A beautiful adult red male of this species was 

 brought to me by a birdcatcher on the 27th, who had secured it in 

 his nets after it had struck at, and killed, two of his " call" birds. 

 Mrs. Helmer, of Wacton, near Long Stratton, also sent me, on 

 the 20th, a young male which had killed itself by contact with a 

 plate-glass window, but not, I believe, attracted by any cage-bird 

 in the room. 



Lesser Spotted "Woodpecker. — An adult male was killed 

 near Letton, about the 20th of this month. 



April and May. 



Siskin.— In ' Land and Water' for April 3rd, 1880, Mr. Gunn 

 records the recent capture, by a birdcatcher at Eaton, near 

 Norwich, of a cock Siskin with a white instead of black cap to its 

 head. 



Hoopoe. — One of these rarities, now-a-days, was, I learn from 

 Mr. Gurney, shot at Martham on April 2Gth. 



Ring Ouzel. — An adult male, with a conspicuous white 

 crescent on the breast, was seen on the 11th of May, by Mr. B. C. 

 Silcock, in the parish of Brumstead. 



Avocet. — On April 12th a specimen was shot at Yarmouth, 

 and in the second week of May I was informed that a second 

 narrowly escaped the Yarmouth gunners, having to thank its own 

 wary instincts, and not the " New Act,"' for its safety. 



Whooper. — About the 10th of May a single Swan of this 

 species, having put in a late appearance, was killed at Yarmouth. 



Woodcock's Nest. — Mr. F. Norgate informs me that on the 

 3rd of May a Woodcock new from her nest of dried leaves, which 



