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beach between the 7th and 9th, and on the 17th Capt. Feilden 

 found a flock of seventeen, of which he shot two. An old gunner 

 of that district, who accompanied him, assured him "he had known 

 that kind of bird to appear there every year, as long as he could 

 remember, and they always called them Buntings, same as the 

 white-winged sort." This flock was very tame and allowed him 

 to come close up to them as they ran about, searching for food, 

 just inland of the Marram hills, on the east side of the mouth of 

 the harbour. On the 21st two were shot at Holkham, and on 

 the 19th and 20th four more on Yarmouth beach. 



Hawfinch. — A pair were killed at Filby on the 3rd, and two 

 males and a female somewhere near Yarmouth on the 27th of the 

 previous month. 



Pink-footed Goose. — About the 10th of this month two geese 

 of this species were shot at Hickling and seven at Martham. 

 There were said to have been ten in the former flock and thirteen 

 in the latter. 



Spoonbill. — A single bird, a female, was shot at Wells on 

 the 13th. 



Glaucous Gull. — A young bird was shot on Breydon on 

 the 20th of December, and a fully adult specimen at Knapton 

 late in October. 



Great Grey Shrike. — The Rev. E. T. Frere informs me of, 

 probably, the latest specimen obtained this year, which was shot 

 at Diss on the 18th. 



Ducks and Divers. — Amongst the few records of hard- 

 weather fowl in my notes for 1880 may be mentioned — an 

 immature Long-tailed Duck, January 12th, at Yarmouth. On the 

 31st of July, Mr. J. H. Gurney, jun., purchased in the Norwich 

 fish-market a female Golden-eye, an unusually early date for this 

 marine species. It had been brought in that morning by a 

 countryman, but the fishmonger did not know where from ; it was 

 supposed, from certain portions of the plumage, to be a late bird 

 of last year, and, possibly, a wounded bird unable to migrate. It 

 was moulting, but in good condition. A good many Scaups and 

 Wigeon were at Yarmouth about the middle of September, and 

 I saw a young male Garganey on the 29th. In the second week 

 of November a pair of Velvet Scoters were shot at Welney Wash, 

 and an adult female Golden-eye, on Breydon, December 19th. 

 Of Divers I saw but two or three specimens, this year, of the 



