NOTES FROM NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK. 477 
October, 1884, weighed 4 dr. The food had consisted of small 
beetles. 
On September 17th, 1884, a male Specimen of the Great 
Snipe was shot near Stalham, and, although exceedingly fat, 
weighed but 6} ozs. The gullet contained half a lobworm, and 
in the stomach I found four or five small white worms. 
A Grey Phalarope was killed at Burgh St. Peter, in Great 
Yarmouth, on October 30th. Its stomach contained some small 
pebbles, two univalve shells, remains of a fly, and some vege- 
table refuse, including two pips not unlike those of the ordinary 
raisin, but much smaller, 
At 6 a.m. on October 9th I took a walk on the Yarmouth 
Denes from Caistor to the Harbour’s mouth. Large flocks of 
Twites were continually passing during the whole morning, 
sometimes alighting to feed on the seeds of various grasses and 
plants growing on the sandy soil ; large numbers of Sky Larks, 
Meadow Pipits, and Starlings, were also constantly moving 
southwards. The local birdcatchers were apparently out in full 
force, and netted a great number of birds, principally Meadow 
Pipits, Lesser Redpolls, and Twites. The birdeatchers call the 
Twite the ‘French Linnet,” to distinguish it, I presume, from 
our familiar Brown Linnet. I saw a solitary Golden Plover, a 
few Wheatears, and Grey Crows ; these latter birds had probably 
just arrived. A female Ring Ouzel was killed the day before ; 
also a brace of Woodcocks, being the first birds of the season in 
this neighbourhood. 
Two Shore Larks and a Snow Bunting were shot on October 
6th, and a few other Buntings seen, but this date is somewhat 
early for these two species to be over in any number. Two 
swallows passed southward, flying very low, and a single bird 
passed later on in the same direction. I also saw a solitary 
Short-Eared Owl. 
An immature female Honey Buzzard was shot on September 
17th, 1884, in Gunton Park, and sent to me the following day. 
During the last few years this bird has become almost a regular 
autumn visitor to the Eastern Counties, and (as in this instance) 
generally in its first year’s plumage. Occasionally (as in 1882) 
one is killed in the plumage of second year. The last obtained 
measured 23 inches in length and 4 feet 4 inches across its 
fully expanded wings. Weight 1 lb. 14 oz. The bird proved 
