16 THE ZOOLOGIST. 
streets at a considerable distance. So great has been the demand 
for our Norwich Canaries this season, that we learn over 14,000 
have left the hands of Messrs. Mackley, since October last, for 
America alone, having consumed about £100 worth of seed, eggs, 
and Cayenne pepper.” Many of our Norwich Canaries are most 
beautifully coloured, and the prices put upon them are quite 
astonishing: unfortunately, owing to the artificial system of 
feeding necessary to attain their bright hue, the number which 
die before they have fully attained it is very large. Moreover, 
it is said that if they are exported in warm weather they lose 
much of their voice and plumage, and are consequently less 
saleable. ‘The Germans import a considerable number into New 
York, which it is said are bred in the Hartz Mountains, and sing 
much better than English ones. 
In April the prevailing direction of the wind was N.E. On 
the 2nd, notwithstanding the provision of the Sea-Birds Pre- 
servation Act, a Little Gull, with a pure black head, was shot 
at Hickling; all the white part of its plumage was richly suffused 
with roseate, extending even to the tail. On the 6th an old male 
Goldeneye appeared on Fritton Lake, which, though in Suffolk, 
belongs geographically to Norfolk, and, though keeping by himself 
apart from the other fowl was tamer, than any of them, and I got 
a very good look at him. ‘This famous lake has long been noted 
for its decoys, and is one of the few places in England where 
they may still be seen at work, but not many kinds besides Duck 
and Teal are taken. The lake is 2} miles long, with an average 
width of 300 yards. Two decoys are worked, one by Sir Savile 
Crossley, the other by Col. Butler. 
The take of wildfowl at Sir Savile Crossley’s during the winter, 
as supplied by Mr. Southwell, is as follows :— 
Duck. Teal. Wigeon. Shoveller. 
October, 1887 ... 41 197 0 0 
November, ,, eo OS 14 0 0 
December, ,, uO 2 0 1 
January, 1888 ... 121 2 2 0 
February, ,, mele 0 0 0 
March, ‘ aise 6 l 5 0 
‘motnl- 1. Ofo 66 7 1 
