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about a hundred Crows coming in about daylight ; these and all 

 the others seen coming in were flying in a south-westerly 

 direction. Some Larks from east late in the day. 



Oct. 12th. Wind W., strong to light and calm in evening. 

 Saw a Woodcock flying in from the sea in the morning. Great 

 increase in the number of Twites ; a large flock on the flats 

 where the glasswort (Salicornia herbacea) grows. Several Red- 

 wings in the scrub ; two shot. A Turnstone sitting with a flock 

 of Dunlin on the beach at high water. In the afternoon a 

 Great Crested Grebe came some distance up the channel. The 

 Peregrine was seen again, and unfortunately shot by a man 

 near Morston ; it proved to be a female. A few Gulls passing 

 west early in the day. Perhaps more Rock Pipits, but they 

 were always plentiful in the creeks ; of those procured all but 

 one were young birds, with a strong yellowish green cast. An 

 immature Common Tern was shot at Blakeney to-day. 



Oct. 13th. Wind W., fresh to strong and squally with rain. 

 Two or three tame Blackbirds in the scrub. A large flock of 

 Twites. Two or three Knots with Dunlin and Ringed Plovers. 

 Gulls flying in from the sea in flocks to escape the squalls. A 

 young Kittiwake shot as it was flying singly. In this dress, 

 according to Messrs. Gurney and Southwell, it is less common on 

 the Norfolk coast than in adult plumage (Trans. Norf. & Norw. 

 Nat. Soc. vol. iv. p. 4 LI). Two more shot from a flock flying 

 in for shelter were apparently young of the Black-headed and 

 Great Black-backed species, but as we also were running before 

 the wind for the shelter of Morston Creek and expecting to 

 swamp every minute, we could not stop to pick them up. A large 

 flock of Curlews about, and a bunch of a dozen Wigeon. The 

 gunner saw a score of Grey Geese fly over in the early morning. 



Oct. 14th. Wind N., blowing very hard, with squalls of hail, 

 sleet, and rain ; very high tide. Two Woodcocks in the 

 sand-hills. 



Curlew Sandpipers, so common earlier in the autumn, had 

 moved on. Knots were much less plentiful than in September, 

 and decreased during our stay, as also did Ringed Plover. 

 Godwits soon disappeared. Grey Plovers appeared to be un- 

 usually abundant, but Redshanks were certainly less plentiful 

 than in November, 1886. Twites, save two on the. 5th, clearly 

 arrived while we were there, and Reed Buntings reached the 



