14 THE ZOOLOGIST. 
this way by one gun, in a small plantation at Keswick, but a 
repetition of this once or twice makes them shy. 
There is no more favourite locality in Norfolk for the Great 
Crested Grebe than Ranworth Broad, from which, however, it is 
always absent in winter. On Feb. 23rd there was not one to be 
seen there, and apparently these birds do not return before 
March. ‘This is a favourite broad also for ducks. The annual 
visits of the Tufted Duck in March have been before alluded to 
(Zool. 1881, p. 330), but they are to be found all through 
February. On Feb. 28rd a flock of about twenty-five allowed 
themselves to be driven over a neck of land, when a volley from 
our barrels accounted for four of them, after which the others left 
the broad. 
On Feb. 29th two male Cirl Buntings were netted on Breydon 
marshes ; snow on the ground, and 17 degrees of frost that night, 
indicating that they were fresh arrivals, most likely from the 
interior. Mr. Pycraft exhibited them a few days later, while 
still in the flesh, at a meeting of the Norwich Naturalists’ Society. 
The Cirl Bunting is rare in Norfolk; an example, hitherto 
unrecorded, was seen some years ago at Hempstead, by Messrs. 
Farn and Standen. Yet, so far as is known, this and Mr. Pycraft’s 
pair bring up the number of authentic occurrences to five only. 
On March Sth, Mr. Smith wrote, “‘ the Wigeon at Yarmouth 
were leading off to sea in huge numbers,” and the next day 
the frost broke up. On the 12th there were over five hundred 
Wigeon on Breydon Broad, three Pintails, two Wild Swans, 
and a Scoter. Few remembered such a continuance of severe 
weather, which affected all kinds of animals by cutting off the 
food supplies. 
On the 7th six Scoters were offered for sale in Norwich Market, 
—an unusual sight. Scoters have been either more numerous or 
more sought after than for some years, in fact since 1870. They 
were abundant during the winter in the Wash, where sixty-two 
were shot off Hunstanton, on November 17th, by one gun. Mr. 
Tuck has remarked on their abundance at this place (Zool. 1888, 
p. 148), where the practice is to anchor wooden decoys on a still 
day, and shoot the Scoters when they come to them. Velvet 
Ducks and Long-tails also fall victims, and a good many of both 
were obtained last winter, as I learn from correspondents on the 
coast. At Hickling five Pintails were reported on the 18th, five 
