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apparent!)', escaped the gunners, and some six or eight, altogether, 

 are said to have visited that neighbourhood at different times in 

 the spring and summer. 



Jack Snipe in June. — Mr. C. H. Bird, of Somerton, near 

 Yarmouth, informed me that Mr. G. Boult, jun., saw a Jack Snipe 

 this year (1880) at Winterton, on the 26th of June; and that he and 

 Mr. Boult together saw three Jack Snipes, and shot one, in the 

 Potter Heigham marshes on the 16th of July, 1879. I know of 

 more than one instance of single birds having been met with in 

 Norfolk in June. 



Starling and Sky Lark. — On the 7th of July, Mr. J. H. 



Gurney, jun., saw a cream-coloured Starling at Hethersett, near 



•Norwich, with a flock of some five or six others in the usual 



plumage ; and on the previous day, at Northrepps, an exceedingly 



light-coloured Sky Lark, almost isabelline in tint. 



Pochard. — Mr. A. Patterson, of Yarmouth, states, in the 

 •' Eastern Daily Express' of July 16th, that he had seen, that day, 

 in a poulterer's shop, a Pochard in quite an immature state of 

 plumage which had been killed at Martham. 



Short-eared Owl. — As an evidence of this species still nesting 

 in Norfolk, I can record that an immature bird, with young feathers 

 on the head, was shot atDilham about the 16th of July. Mr. M. C. H. 

 Bird, of Somerton, also informs me that a pair bred at Winterton 

 in 1879, and another pah", at Somerton, in the summer of 1880. 



Hawfinch. — A young bird in its nestling plumage was killed 

 at Forncett on the 9th, and an old one was shot from a cherry- 

 tree, at Fundenhall, on the 14th. 



Eoseate Tern. — An adult male of this rare Tern, now in Lord 

 Lilford's collection, was shot by Mr. G. Hunt, near Hunstanton, 

 on the 12th of July. Colonel Irby, who identified the species, 

 informs me that another was seen at the same time, and their 

 peculiar note attracted attention. Hitherto this species has been 

 included in the Norfolk list, on the authority, only, of the late 

 Mr. Youell, of Yarmouth, as cited by the Messrs. Paget, but no 

 specimen is forthcoming to verify that statement. 



Night Heron. — An immature specimen in the possession of 

 Mr. Gurney Buxton was shot by Major Upcher at Kanworth, and 

 was taken to Mr. Cole to be stuffed, on the 22nd of Jury, but, 

 being then in a "forward" condition, had been killed, no doubt, 

 some days before. 



