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Solitary Snipe. — Between the 3rd and 20th of September a 

 rather unusual number of Snipes of this species appeared in the 

 neighbourhood of Yarmouth and Lowestoft, of which I heard of 

 some seven or eight examples. One was also killed at Beeston, 

 near Cromer, on the 18th, and another at Cley, about the same 

 time. Mr. A. Patterson, of Yarmouth, found two of these to 

 weigh 7 ozs. and 7\ ozs. respectively, and a third reached l\ ozs. ; 

 but one recorded in ' The Field ' of September 25th, as shot 

 at Carlton Colville on the 17th, was said to have weighed 11 ozs., 

 which being one ounce more than the heaviest bird that ever 

 came under Mr. Lubbock's notice, I should consider extremely 

 doubtful. 



Grey Phalarope. — A solitary specimen was shot at Cley on 

 the 20th. 



Pomatorhine Skua. — Not more than two or three of these 

 birds, and in more or less immature plumage, were, I under- 

 stand, brought into Yarmouth by smacks this autumn. Mr. J. H. 

 Gurney, jun., shot one near Cromer on September 16th. 



October. 



Great Grey Shrike. — This irregular migrant has occurred in 

 unusual numbers this autumn. I have notes of five or six, shot or 

 seen between the 8th and 27th of this month. Two at Yarmouth, 

 one at Gorleston, one at Fundenhall, near Wymondham, and one 

 seen at Trimingham on the 20th. 



Shore Lark. — Between the 12th and 31st of this month 

 I heard of about fifteen shot at and near Yarmouth. One man is 

 said to have found a flock of six, on the sands, near the Rifle Butts, 

 which he shot one after another, the survivors rising and alighting 

 again at a short distance till the last was killed, 



Little Gull. — An immature bird was shot on Breydon on 

 the 2nd. 



Great Crested and Sclavonian Grebes. — Five Great 

 Crested and an immature Sclavonian Grebe were killed at 

 Yarmouth about the second week in October. 



Spoonbill. — Col. Coke informed me, on the 29th, that he had 

 seen, that morning, a single bird of this species which had taken 

 up its quarters on an island in the lake at Holkham. One had 

 also been seen on Breydon, on the 27th. 



Shag. — An immature specimen of this bird, scarce on the 



