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I cannot, I am sorry to say, state positively that they have bred 
here, but my children have repeatedly told me that they have 
seen the old Grebe and two young ones.” I may add that the 
piece of water above referred to is of several acres in extent, and, 
although bordered on one side by a high road, is much frequented 
by various wildfowl. The Great Crested Grebe occasionally 
visits our river in this neighbourhood during severe weather, but 
the above is the first intimation that I have received on good 
authority of its breeding in the northern division of our county, 
though I believe that of late years it has been found breeding on 
some of the large reservoirs in the southern division, as also in 
Rutland. 
I may perhaps be allowed to explain the poverty and paucity 
of my notes on migratory birds by the facts that we were absent 
from home from the latter end of October, 1885, till July 1st, 
1886, and that since the latter date my personal ornithological 
observations have been confined by my infirmities to such as are 
possible from a wheeled chair in the immediate neighbourhood of 
this house. I have heard of the death of a Redwing, Turdus 
iliacus, on Sept. 21st, and the appearance of this species “‘a 
few days previously ;” also that the Grey Crow was heard about 
the beginning of October, and seen since that date; but in 
neither of these instances have I been able to arrive at positive 
certainty as to earliest occurrence. 
ORNITHOLOGICAL NOTES FROM NORFOLK AND 
SUFFOLK FOR 1885. 
By T. EK. Guny, F.L.S. 
Tue following notes, from October, 1884, to December, 1885, 
include the most noticeable ornithological occurrences, princi- 
pally the results of personal observation. 
As usual I have to notice one or more captures of the 
Perecrine Falcon. On the 2nd of January an adult pair were 
shot at Morton, near Norwich; the female, although severely 
wounded, managed to make her escape. Another adult female 
was sent in during the previous month, having been killed near 
