﻿ORNITHOLOGICAL 
  NOTES 
  FROM 
  NORFOLK. 
  203 
  

  

  Oct. 
  9th 
  and 
  14th, 
  1903 
  ; 
  there 
  would 
  therefore 
  just 
  have 
  heen 
  

   the 
  right 
  time 
  for 
  them 
  to 
  get 
  to 
  England. 
  As 
  the 
  object 
  is 
  to 
  

   trace 
  their 
  migrations, 
  anyone 
  obtaining 
  a 
  Crow 
  with 
  a 
  ring 
  on 
  

   its 
  leg 
  is 
  requested 
  to 
  communicate 
  with 
  Herr 
  Thienemann. 
  

  

  The 
  number 
  of 
  birds 
  of 
  prey 
  was 
  above 
  the 
  average 
  during 
  

   the 
  autumn, 
  including 
  some 
  Buzzards. 
  Mr. 
  Nelson 
  has 
  tabu- 
  

   lated 
  the 
  great 
  migration 
  of 
  Rough-legged 
  Buzzards 
  into 
  York- 
  

   shire 
  in 
  October, 
  only 
  the 
  fringe 
  of 
  which 
  reached 
  Norfolk, 
  pre- 
  

   ceding 
  by 
  a 
  few 
  days 
  the 
  arrival 
  of 
  the 
  Eooks, 
  and 
  the 
  returns 
  

   will 
  no 
  doubt 
  be 
  published 
  ; 
  also 
  particulars 
  of 
  the 
  flight 
  of 
  

   Sabine's 
  Gulls 
  in 
  September. 
  

  

  Besides 
  the 
  above 
  there 
  was 
  a 
  notable 
  incursion 
  of 
  Waxwings 
  

   into 
  Norfolk 
  (already 
  alluded 
  to 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Tuck), 
  commencing 
  about 
  

   Oct. 
  21st, 
  but 
  evidently 
  reinforced 
  by 
  later 
  comers 
  until 
  Christmas 
  

   or 
  later. 
  This 
  has 
  been 
  a 
  larger 
  migration 
  of 
  Waxwings 
  than 
  

   that 
  in 
  January, 
  1893. 
  It 
  is 
  now 
  certain 
  that 
  severe 
  weather 
  in 
  

   this 
  country 
  has 
  nothing 
  to 
  do 
  with 
  the 
  advent 
  of 
  the 
  Waxwing, 
  

   whatever 
  may 
  be 
  the 
  case 
  when 
  they 
  appear 
  in 
  flocks 
  abroad. 
  

   The 
  Waxwing 
  is 
  simply 
  a 
  late 
  winter 
  visitant, 
  but 
  nearly 
  every 
  

   year 
  there 
  are 
  migrations 
  of 
  Woodcock, 
  Snipe, 
  Blackbirds, 
  

   Bramblings, 
  Hawfinches, 
  &c, 
  quite 
  as 
  late, 
  arriving 
  up 
  to 
  

   Christmas 
  and 
  beyond 
  it, 
  and 
  we 
  merely 
  do 
  not 
  think 
  them 
  

   remarkable 
  because 
  they 
  are 
  common 
  species, 
  and 
  generally 
  

   with 
  us. 
  

  

  The 
  rarities 
  for 
  1903 
  were 
  : 
  — 
  January, 
  Sea-Eagle 
  ; 
  April, 
  

   twenty 
  Nyroca 
  Ducks 
  ; 
  May, 
  Eoseate 
  Tern, 
  six 
  Spoonbills 
  ; 
  

   June, 
  Avocet 
  ; 
  July, 
  Porphyrio 
  ; 
  August, 
  Glossy 
  Ibis 
  ; 
  September, 
  

   Aquatic 
  Warbler, 
  two 
  Icterine 
  Warblers, 
  several 
  Bluethroats, 
  

   ? 
  Sabine's 
  Gull 
  ; 
  October, 
  Waxwings, 
  Boiler. 
  

  

  In 
  these 
  Notes 
  the 
  direction 
  and 
  force 
  of 
  the 
  wind 
  is 
  taken, 
  

   unless 
  otherwise 
  stated, 
  from 
  the 
  Daily 
  Weather 
  Reports 
  issued 
  

   by 
  the 
  Meteorological 
  Office 
  for 
  Yarmouth 
  (as 
  marked 
  by 
  the 
  

   recorder 
  at 
  8 
  a.m.). 
  It 
  must 
  be 
  borne 
  in 
  mind 
  that 
  the 
  direction 
  

   of 
  the 
  wind 
  at 
  Yarmouth 
  is 
  not 
  always 
  quite 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  on 
  the 
  

   north 
  coast 
  of 
  Norfolk 
  — 
  as 
  at 
  Wells, 
  for 
  instance. 
  Even 
  between 
  

   Keswick 
  (Norwich) 
  and 
  Yarmouth 
  the 
  difference 
  is 
  more 
  than 
  

   would 
  be 
  expected, 
  and 
  these 
  differences 
  may 
  often 
  account 
  for 
  

   a 
  good 
  deal. 
  

  

  The 
  rainfall 
  for 
  1903 
  (as 
  kept 
  at 
  Keswick 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Edward 
  

  

  b2 
  

  

  