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Red- and Black-throated species, all immature ; but I would draw 

 special attention to the record of Mr. F. D. Power, in his notes 

 from Cley (Trans. Norf. & Norw. Nat. Soc. 1881-82), of an 

 extraordinary migration of Red-throated Divers, witnessed by 

 himself and his brother, on the 1st of October; the only bird 

 secured having a perfect red throat. 



Raptorial Migrants. — An Eagle was seen at Billingford 

 about the 26th of January, and on the 28th a young female Rough- 

 legged Buzzard was shot at Stiffkey. A Peregrine was seen at 

 Northrepps early in February, and, on the 14th, five large birds, 

 supposed to be Buzzards, were observed at Thorpe, in the same 

 neighbourhood. A Rough-legged Buzzard was also trapped at 

 Bawburgh on the 12th. A Hobby was seen at Northrepps on the 

 17th of May, and an Osprey was shot at Yarmouth on the 29th, 

 probably the same seen on several occasions at Burgh. Early in 

 August several large Raptores, supposed to be Buzzards, were seen 

 about Northrepps and Sherringham, and a young male Marsh 

 Harrier was shot in that neighbourhood about the same time. On 

 the 14th of September a Marsh Harrier was sent to Norwich from 

 the neighbourhood of Cromer ; a Merlin was seen at Blakeney on 

 the 17th ; and on the 21st Mr. F. D. Power shot a female Peregrine, 

 on the beach, at Wells, and saw another on the 1st of October. 

 On the 8th of October I purchased a finely marked, but immature, 

 Rough-legged Buzzard, which had just been shot at Mousehold, 

 near the city, and I heard of another killed in the same locality 

 somewhat later. At the latter part of the month, also, this species 

 appeared numerously on the coast about Northrepps, and up to 

 the 30th Mr. J. H. Gurney, jun., had seen or heard of about 

 sixteen in various parts of East Norfolk. Mr. A. Patterson, of 

 Yarmouth, in the 'Eastern Daily Press' of October 19th, states 

 that he had seen lately several Short-eared Owls obtained in that 

 neighbourhood, and, on that morning, had watched " a Barn Owl 

 come from seaward." A Tawny Owl was also shot at Stiffkey on 

 the 1st. On the 25th a Peregrine was shot at Filby, near Yar- 

 mouth, and another was seen on the 30th between Eccles and 

 Diss. November and December were also remarkable for the 

 occurrence of Rough-legged Buzzards on the coast from Wells 

 and Blakeney to Yarmouth and its neighbourhood. Some five or 

 six were killed near Holt, where three and four were seen at a 

 time; and Mr. G. Smith informed me that many large hawks 



