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  THE 
  ZOOLOGIST. 
  

  

  and, 
  a 
  few 
  days 
  afterwards, 
  more 
  Ruffs, 
  a 
  pair 
  of 
  Garganey 
  Teal, 
  

   and 
  three 
  Gadwall 
  ; 
  also 
  two 
  Pintail, 
  and 
  a 
  Shoveler's 
  nest 
  of 
  

   eleven 
  eggs, 
  which 
  hatched 
  out 
  on 
  the 
  30th. 
  There 
  were 
  said 
  to 
  

   be 
  one 
  hundred 
  and 
  fifty 
  Gadwall 
  at 
  Euston 
  near 
  Thetford 
  

   (W. 
  G. 
  Clarke) 
  this 
  spring. 
  

  

  10th. 
  — 
  A 
  pair 
  of 
  Scoters 
  at 
  Hickling 
  (Bird). 
  

  

  11th.— 
  W., 
  1, 
  on 
  Breydon 
  Broad; 
  W.S.W., 
  4, 
  off 
  Yarmouth. 
  

   A 
  Spoonbill 
  on 
  Breydon 
  Broad 
  — 
  an 
  old 
  bird 
  with 
  a 
  long 
  crest 
  — 
  

   which 
  remained 
  on 
  the 
  mud-flats 
  until 
  the 
  30th 
  (Jary). 
  Sub- 
  

   sequent 
  data 
  of 
  the 
  Breydon 
  Spoonbills, 
  as 
  kept 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Patter- 
  

   son 
  and 
  Mr. 
  Jary, 
  may 
  as 
  well 
  be 
  given 
  now 
  : 
  — 
  May 
  6th, 
  S.W., 
  

   on 
  Breydon 
  : 
  one 
  (which 
  remained 
  to 
  12th). 
  May 
  14th, 
  W.S.W., 
  

   on 
  Breydon: 
  two 
  (which 
  remained 
  to 
  17th). 
  May 
  20th, 
  W., 
  on 
  

   Breydon 
  : 
  six 
  (seen 
  at 
  intervals 
  until 
  29th, 
  during 
  which 
  time 
  

   they 
  probably 
  visited 
  Blakeney). 
  July 
  21st, 
  N., 
  4, 
  off 
  Yarmouth 
  : 
  

   one. 
  July 
  24th, 
  E.S.E., 
  2, 
  off 
  Yarmouth 
  : 
  one. 
  S.W., 
  on 
  Brey- 
  

   don 
  : 
  one. 
  Twelve 
  altogether 
  ; 
  not 
  such 
  a 
  large 
  number 
  as 
  have 
  

   sometimes 
  visited 
  us, 
  but 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  bridge 
  over 
  the 
  lower 
  end 
  of 
  

   Breydon 
  now, 
  which 
  has 
  been 
  recently 
  finished, 
  and 
  probably 
  

   disturbs 
  the 
  birds. 
  The 
  regularity 
  with 
  which 
  this 
  species 
  has 
  

   appeared 
  during 
  the 
  past 
  seven 
  years 
  is 
  shown 
  by 
  the 
  following 
  

   dates 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  1897. 
  First 
  Spoonbill 
  appeared 
  on 
  April 
  20th. 
  

  

  1898. 
  „ 
  „ 
  „ 
  8th. 
  

  

  1899. 
  „ 
  „ 
  „ 
  16th. 
  

  

  1900. 
  „ 
  „ 
  „ 
  28th. 
  

  

  1901. 
  ,, 
  „ 
  „ 
  12th. 
  

  

  1902. 
  „ 
  „ 
  „ 
  20th. 
  

  

  1903. 
  „ 
  „ 
  ,, 
  11th. 
  

  

  [1904. 
  „ 
  ,, 
  „ 
  19th, 
  Patterson.] 
  

  

  In 
  time 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  hoped 
  that 
  it 
  will 
  not 
  only 
  be 
  a 
  regular 
  spring 
  

   migrant, 
  but 
  a 
  breeder 
  again. 
  In 
  Sir 
  Thomas 
  Browne's 
  day 
  

   (1636-1668) 
  their 
  annual 
  arrival 
  is 
  noted 
  as 
  taking 
  place 
  in 
  

   March, 
  but 
  even 
  then 
  they 
  had 
  forsaken 
  Beedham 
  Wood. 
  

  

  15th. 
  — 
  It 
  was 
  during 
  April 
  that 
  Mr. 
  Patterson 
  announced 
  in 
  

   the 
  ' 
  Field 
  ' 
  that 
  there 
  had 
  been 
  a 
  notable 
  visitation 
  of 
  the 
  

   Nyroca, 
  or 
  White-eyed 
  Duck. 
  They 
  either 
  came 
  in 
  or 
  divided 
  

   themselves 
  into 
  two 
  flocks, 
  which 
  together 
  amounted 
  to 
  twenty, 
  

   one 
  flock 
  going 
  to 
  Bollesby 
  Broad, 
  and 
  the 
  other 
  settling, 
  on 
  the 
  

   15th, 
  on 
  Hickling 
  Broad, 
  where 
  these 
  strangers 
  only 
  too 
  quickly 
  

  

  