THE ZOOLOGIST 



No. 839.— May. 1911 



ORNITHOLOGICAL REPORT FOR NORFOLK (1910). 

 By J. H. GuRNEY, F.Z.S. 



(Assisted by other Observers.) 

 (Plate III.) 



The Vernal Migration. — The unfailing March migration of 

 Grey Crows, which has gone on from time immemorial — it was 

 first noted in Norfolk as long ago as 1847 and 1848 — again took 

 place on March 6th, 7th, 11th, 12th, 15th, and 21st. The 

 regularity with which they pass is very remarkable, and possibly 

 in no other part of England is the exodus of Grey Crows larger. 

 When this event was over, it was time to begin to watch for the 

 spring migrants, of which the Pied Wagtail is the first. We 

 had the Wryneck at Keswick on March 24th, and the Chiffchaff 

 on the 30th, and after that the Swallow, Redstart, Blackcap, 

 Greater Whitethroat, Ray's Wagtail, and Sedge-Warbler in 

 pretty much their usual order, but the Cuckoo and Willow- 

 Warbler were not so early as those noted at Brunstead by the 

 Rev. M. C. Bird, who has furnished the following spring memo- 

 randa : — 



January 6th, Snipe bleating. 



February 11th, Blackbird singing ; 12th, Kestrel's breeding 

 cry heard ; 18th, first Redshanks-; 21st, Starlings paired ; 25th, 

 Chaffinches singing. 



March 6th, Yellowhammers on clover-ley; 8th, Woodcocks 

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