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Birrern.—On May 27th and again on the 30th the boom of 
the Bittern was heard at night on “Sutton broad.” After 
remaining a week or so it removed to another fen, where it was 
heard and seen several times. On Whit Tuesday it rose almost 
at the gamekeeper’s feet. Happening to be there the next day, 
I searched the fen where he had seen it, with four men walking 
in a line, but could not flush it. There were reports that it had 
a mate, but these apparently were without foundation. 
SHELDucK.—Two pairs of Shelducks are believed to have 
nested this year at Blakeney; at any rate, the young of one 
nest, ten in number, were taken, and the purchaser of them was 
told of another nest. 
Lirtte Avx.—On Jan. 15th a Little Auk was found in 
Cromer, by the edge of a small stream which falls down the 
gangway. 
NATURAL HISTORY AND SPORT IN THE HIMALAYAS. 
By Suraron-Grnerat L. C. Srewart, F.Z.S. 
(Continued from p. 325.) 
Theog, Oct. 7th.—Of the Dipper, Cinclus Pallasii, I saw three 
to-day, and shot one; the Mountain Parrakeet, Paleornis schistoceps, 
was observed in a large party flying across a ravine; Hypsipetes 
psaroides, abundant and noisy; Stdia capistrata, a few. Observed 
small flocks of brownish birds, probably Buntings of some sort, 
on a bare hill-side, half-way, but could not get a shot. Wherever 
there was lofty forest, Woodpeckers were sure to make themselves 
known, and in more open parts, or bushes, some kind of 
Laughing Thrush. The Himalayan Creeper, C. Himalayana, a 
Nuthatch, Sitta cinnamoventris, and the lovely little Dendrophila 
frontalis observed in suitable localities; and five kinds of Hill 
Titmouse, already referred to. Siva strigula once or twice seen. 
I knocked over a King Crow in order to satisfy myself as to the 
species ; it was not, at all events, Dicrurus albirictus, and was, 
I presume, D. longicaudatus. D. cerulescens was the only other 
King Crow seen this trip, and it is rather rare above 4000 ft. 
I can confirm Col. Markham’s observation that in these 
mountains their south and east sides are never so thickly wooded 
as the north and west, which above 7000 ft. are usually pine-clad, 
