ORNITHOLOGICAL REPORT FOR NORFOLK. 171 



lists' Society to-day, Mr. E. Eoberts exhibited 1188 grains of 

 barley t taken out of the crop of one Pigeon. It is true that 

 this was grain which had probably been strewn for Pheasants, 

 but I doubt if the same can be said of 1371 grains of barley, 94 

 blades of young clover, and a bean, which Mr. Bird informs me 

 were found in a Wood-Pigeon the other day by Nudd. 



30th. — A Fork-tail Petrel, which had been taken alive near 

 the Cockle Lightship, Cromer, two miles from the shore, received 

 by Mr. Dye, who also mentions a Stormy Petrel, caught alive in 

 the harbour. 



December. 



2nd. — A Pintail drake, t shot by Mr. Buxton on the river at 

 Colney. Six Bernacle Geese seen at Cley by Mr. Eamm ; none 

 shot. 



8th. — Mr. Eoberts showed me a full-sized Molef which he 

 had taken almost uninjured out of a Heron, in the gizzard of 

 which he also found the remains of another, together with one 

 small fish. Both moles and rats have been very numerous this 

 year in Norfolk. 



9th. — Two pinioned Brent Geesef killed, presumably by a 

 Fox, their heads neatly bitten off about the middle of the neck ; 

 afterwards two Egyptian Geesef shared the same fate. 



10th. — Two Green Sandpipers! at Intwood Sluice, and another 

 on the 18th. 



Varieties of Plumage. 



February 28th. — A white Hawfinch was seen by Mr. Hamond 

 at Twyford, where it continued to haunt the same three thorn- 

 trees up to March 20th. Although very conspicuous, it was not 

 an albino, as there was some colour on the head. In March it 

 paired with one of the normal colour, but the nest, if they made 

 one, was not found. 



A'pril 16th. — A white Wood-Pigeont received at the Museum 

 from Great Snoring ; eyes of the usual colour. Another! was 

 shot at Holkam in September (Gunn). 



August 20th. — A fawn-coloured House-Martin on Sidestrand 

 cliffs (S. Cummings). In August, Mr. B. Eiviere caught a 

 white Hedge- Accentor at Norwich, and kept it alive for some 

 weeks ; possibly it was a progeny of the same parents as the 

 one recorded last year (Zool. 1910, p. 135). 



