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23rd. — Mr. Dye was informed that a Great Grey Shrike was

seen to-day on Gorleston Pier.


28th.—N.N.E., 4. A young Sabine’s Gull identified a little

below Blakeney Harbour by Mr. C. Borer. A few days before one

was shot at Humber-mouth.


31st.—A young Marsh-Harrier shot at Croxton whilst feeding

on a dead hare.



November.


1st.—Mr. Pinchin saw a Merlin and a Peregrine.


10th.—Two Barn-Owls hawking over the marshes at 4.25 p.m.


(Bird).


11th.- — -Nutcracker shot near Bury, in Suffolk; it had been

seen for a week or more (J. G. Tuck), and may perhaps have come

over with the other three in October.


17th. — A somewhat unusual incident happened on the Shering-

ham golf-links to-day, a ball played by a gentleman who is well known

as a golfer being twice picked up and then dropped again by a Book.

The sable bird must have been a recent and hungry arrival, which

mistook it for something edible.


24th. — Mr. Dye received a Little Gull, shot on the south

beach, Yarmouth.


29th. — Two Storm Petrels taken off Lowestoft. One of these

birds was kept alive for ten days by Mr. Ticehurst, who is of opinion

that the food is found entirely by the sense of smell (‘Avicultural

Magazine,’ p. 112).



Varieties of Plumage.


At the beginning of January a Wren, nearly three parts

white, but with wings normal, was found dead at Boyland, and has

since been presented to the Museum by Colonel Irby. In February

a white Chaffinch occurred at Blofield, and a pied Corn-Bunting

near Stalham (E. Gunn). In May a pied Bobin at Belton.


September 27th . — Perdix montana, Briss. It is always in the

same district that this red phase of the Partridge is met with.



I have heard of a Gannet picking up a golf-ball in the sea.



