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wing — like somebody rattling a can — a sound no doubt proceed- 

 ing from the contact of their pinions with the air. Presently 

 they were seen to wheel round and go off in the direction 

 of Breydon Broad. On the 15th a Spoonbill put in an appear- 

 ance on Breydon Broad, where it was watched and protected 

 until the 25th. On the 27th a second appeared. 



13th. — E.S.E., 4. A bird which, from the description, was 

 possibly a Blue-cheeked Bee-eater {Merops persicus) {cf. ' British 

 Birds,' iv. p. 126), was seen by Capt. S. E. Holland and others 

 in an osier-bed at Mundesley-by-the-Sea. Within a few days of 

 its occurrence a Roller was also seen at Garboldisham by Mr. 

 A. R. Dunell. A rather high easterly wind had prevailed for 

 some days, which may have had to do with the Bee-eater's 

 advent, if it was one. 



15th. — I am informed, on good authority, of a Curlew's nest 

 with four eggs, found by a gamekeeper at Royden Fen. In 1889 

 and 1890 this species was believed to have nested at Wolferton 

 (Zool. 1889, p. 336), but complete proof was lacking. 



t June. 



17th. — Thirteen young Sheld-Ducks on Breydon Broad 

 (G. Jary), perhaps bred on Caister Denes. 



19th. — A Black-headed Wagtail {Motacilla flava melano- 

 cephala), identified near the sea at Cley by Mr. J. R. Harding 

 C Field,' July 2nd). 



20th. — Another Spoonbill appeared on Breydon (G. Jary), 

 but left on the 24th. 



30th. — E., squally. A clutch of three incubated Ringed 

 Plover's eggs found on Eccles beach by Mr. Bird. A mysterious 

 black bird like a Goose alighted on Breydon Broad during a 

 heavy tempest, but went away without Jary being able to 

 identify it. 



July. 



No notes worth recording, except a Quail seen at Eccles on 

 the 11th (M. Bird), and three Green Sandpipers at Sustead on 

 the 29th (G. Davey). 



August. 



5th. — Mr. Hamon Lestrange informs me of a female Crane, 

 shot at Thornham, which had been seen about the neighbourhood 

 for a week or so before meeting its fate. 



