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  THE 
  ZOOLOGIST. 
  

  

  Knight) 
  was 
  31*18 
  in. 
  — 
  a 
  decidedly 
  wet 
  year 
  — 
  the 
  wettest 
  month 
  

   being 
  July, 
  and 
  the 
  driest 
  February 
  ; 
  but 
  rain 
  does 
  not 
  seem 
  to 
  

   have 
  very 
  much 
  bearing 
  on 
  migration. 
  The 
  fall 
  during 
  the 
  four 
  

   migratory 
  months 
  was 
  : 
  — 
  August, 
  3'23 
  in. 
  ; 
  September, 
  2"96 
  in. 
  ; 
  

   October, 
  4*86 
  in. 
  ; 
  November, 
  1*83 
  in. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  is 
  the 
  year's 
  diary 
  for 
  1903 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  January. 
  

  

  1st.— 
  Frost. 
  Hen-Harrier 
  at 
  Hickling 
  (M. 
  C. 
  Bird). 
  

  

  5th. 
  — 
  A 
  Shag 
  caught 
  at 
  Yarmouth 
  (A. 
  Patterson) 
  ; 
  certainly 
  

   a 
  commoner 
  species 
  with 
  us 
  than 
  it 
  used 
  to 
  be. 
  Bean-Goose 
  

   shot 
  near 
  Aylsham. 
  

  

  8th. 
  — 
  Nine 
  White-fronted 
  Geese 
  identified 
  on 
  Breydon 
  Broad, 
  

   and 
  about 
  this 
  time, 
  or 
  later, 
  Mr. 
  Southwell 
  was 
  informed 
  that 
  

   there 
  were 
  a 
  good 
  many 
  at 
  Holkham 
  and 
  Wells. 
  

  

  9th. 
  — 
  A 
  Pink-footed 
  Goose 
  shot 
  at 
  Siderstrand 
  (Hoare). 
  

  

  13th. 
  — 
  Mr. 
  Pashley 
  reports 
  a 
  fine 
  Iceland 
  Gull 
  at 
  Cley, 
  and 
  

   several 
  Merlins. 
  

  

  30th. 
  — 
  A 
  Sea-Eagle 
  seen 
  on 
  the 
  Broads 
  (M. 
  Bird), 
  and 
  after- 
  

   wards 
  at 
  Melton 
  (Dack), 
  and 
  a 
  Buzzard 
  about 
  this 
  time 
  at 
  

   Rollesby. 
  

  

  February. 
  

  

  9th. 
  — 
  The 
  Sea-Eagle, 
  shot 
  at 
  Ipswich 
  (H. 
  Hudson 
  in 
  the 
  

   ' 
  Field 
  '), 
  a 
  young 
  bird, 
  as 
  usual. 
  

  

  10th. 
  — 
  Eedshanks 
  returned 
  to 
  the 
  Broads 
  (M. 
  Bird). 
  This 
  

   pretty 
  wader, 
  though 
  not 
  so 
  abundant 
  as 
  formerly, 
  still 
  holds 
  

   its 
  own. 
  

  

  13th. 
  — 
  Two 
  Lesser 
  Spotted 
  Woodpeckers 
  at 
  Twyford 
  (C. 
  

   Hamond). 
  

  

  18th. 
  — 
  Frost, 
  but 
  no 
  wind. 
  A 
  flock 
  of 
  several 
  hundred 
  Lin- 
  

   nets 
  {Linota 
  cannabina), 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  other 
  smaller 
  flocks, 
  going 
  

   S.W. 
  at 
  Neatishead, 
  which 
  is 
  eight 
  miles 
  from 
  the 
  coast 
  (M. 
  

   Bird). 
  See 
  last 
  year's 
  note 
  on 
  the 
  movement 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  in 
  

   April, 
  which 
  is 
  perhaps 
  annual. 
  

  

  27th. 
  — 
  A 
  " 
  Coot 
  shoot" 
  at 
  Hickling 
  Broad, 
  but 
  only 
  lasting 
  

   half 
  a 
  day, 
  as 
  the 
  wind 
  did 
  not 
  admit 
  of 
  shooting 
  in 
  the 
  morning. 
  

   Several 
  Goosanders 
  met 
  with 
  (G. 
  Davies), 
  probably 
  the 
  same 
  

   seen 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Bird 
  on 
  Jan. 
  31st 
  on 
  this 
  fine 
  sheet 
  of 
  water. 
  

  

  

  