170 THE ZOOLOGIST. 



November. 



1st. — About this date an orange-coloured Goose, which Mr. A. 

 Napier failed to identify, joined the herd of Pink-footed Geese at 

 Holkam (c/. Zool. 1910, p. 134). 



2nd. — Wheatear at Eccles-by-the-Sea (Bird). 



3rd.— Grey Phalarope at Yarmouth (Gunn). 



14th. — Land-Rail at Yarmouth (E. Saunders). 



18th. — W.S.W., 3. About midday a gale sprang up, with 

 intervals of sleet and much rain ; it was not higher than 

 force 3 to 4 in Norfolk (sixteen to twenty-five miles per hour), 

 but at Spurn Point it got up to force 8. I marked about eighty 

 Tealt get out of a pond in a large wood near the coast. 



19th. — N. Wind north and still high, reaching to force 7 at 

 Spurn Point. At 8.30 a.m. Rooks and Gulls were just topping 

 the houses next the sea at Sheringham as they endeavoured to 

 face it. Large flocks of Wild Swans were seen at Holkam, and 

 flights of Wild Geese at Brunstead and Bacton (M. Bird). I 

 think this gale showed its effects on the Little Auk more than on 

 any species. Many were reported at sea on the coast of York- 

 shire, no doubt pressing southwards, and almost simultaneously 

 they appeared off Blakeney and Cley, also at Cromer and Lowes- 

 toft, at which latter place seven or eight came under Mr. Tice- 

 hurst's notice. But the migration did not reach anything like 

 the dimensions of that of 1895. Several unfortunates were 

 picked up inland at Hickling, Holt, Hellesdon, Eye, Rockland, 

 and Buckenham. 



22nd. — Under this date Mr. A. Napier writes of a Glaucous 

 Gull on the Holkam Lake, where it had been for some time : — 

 " The Ducks and Coots, especially the latter, seem to be terrified 

 of it. There was one here in the spring, and I think it played 

 havoc with the nests of the Canadian Geese ; at any rate, we 

 found the eggs in many of the nests broken, and I watched the 

 bird making a thorough search of the island." 



25th. — Waxwing at Cromer (F. Barclay), and Mr. Roberts 

 had another. t 



26th. — Thirty-two Wild Swans passed over Hickling water 

 (Nudd). 



29th. — The destructiveness of the Wood-Pigeon is becoming 

 more and more apparent. At a meeting of the Norwich Natura- 



