﻿ORNITHOLOGICAL 
  NOTES 
  FROM 
  NORFOLK. 
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  attracted 
  attention. 
  The 
  presence 
  of 
  such 
  a 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  

   this 
  rare 
  Duck 
  at 
  one 
  time 
  in 
  England 
  is 
  curious, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  

   regretted 
  that 
  they 
  were 
  not 
  fully 
  protected, 
  and 
  that 
  some 
  per- 
  

   sons 
  who 
  ought 
  to 
  have 
  known 
  better 
  molested 
  them. 
  Those 
  at 
  

   Hickling 
  were 
  all 
  males 
  showing 
  the 
  black 
  collar, 
  as 
  I 
  learn 
  from 
  

   Mr. 
  Bird, 
  who 
  had 
  a 
  good 
  view 
  of 
  two 
  of 
  them 
  as 
  late 
  as 
  the 
  

   29th. 
  No 
  such 
  appearance 
  of 
  Nyroca 
  Ducks 
  has 
  been 
  put 
  on 
  

   record 
  in 
  East 
  Anglia 
  before, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  feared 
  there 
  is 
  little 
  

   inducement 
  for 
  any 
  to 
  come 
  again. 
  Four 
  were 
  seen 
  at 
  the 
  same 
  

   time 
  in 
  the 
  West 
  Riding 
  of 
  Yorkshire, 
  as 
  mentioned 
  by 
  Major 
  

   Arundel 
  [ante, 
  p. 
  33), 
  and 
  it 
  seems 
  possible 
  that 
  all 
  had 
  crossed 
  

   the 
  sea 
  in 
  one 
  band. 
  

  

  16th. 
  — 
  Mr. 
  Bird 
  reports 
  some 
  Buffs 
  watched 
  by 
  the 
  Broad 
  

   keeper 
  fighting, 
  but 
  according 
  to 
  my 
  experience 
  it 
  is 
  only 
  play, 
  

   which 
  never 
  results 
  in 
  injury. 
  

  

  24th. 
  — 
  A 
  Garganey 
  Teal's 
  nest 
  with 
  ten 
  eggs 
  in 
  it, 
  acci- 
  

   dental^ 
  spoilt 
  by 
  marshmen 
  (Bird), 
  perhaps 
  the 
  produce 
  of 
  the 
  

   same 
  pair 
  mentioned 
  on 
  April 
  4th. 
  The 
  Garganey 
  is 
  a 
  rare 
  bird 
  

   now, 
  and 
  the 
  Spotted 
  Crake 
  is 
  much 
  rarer 
  than 
  formerly 
  in 
  

   Norfolk 
  ; 
  so 
  is 
  the 
  Teal, 
  but 
  the 
  Water-Bail 
  holds 
  its 
  own, 
  and 
  

   the 
  Bearded 
  Tit, 
  now 
  almost 
  safe 
  from 
  the 
  rapacity 
  of 
  dealers, 
  is 
  

   even 
  increasing. 
  

  

  28th. 
  — 
  S.W., 
  1. 
  Two 
  Spoonbills 
  seen 
  at 
  Hickling 
  Broad 
  by 
  

   the 
  keeper 
  (Bird), 
  but 
  they 
  do 
  not 
  appear 
  to 
  have 
  visited 
  tidal 
  

   Breydon, 
  a 
  far 
  more 
  favourite 
  resort. 
  

  

  29th. 
  — 
  TwoNyrocas, 
  as 
  already 
  mentioned, 
  seen 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Bird. 
  

  

  30th. 
  — 
  Some 
  time 
  this 
  month 
  Yarmouth 
  birdcatchers 
  took 
  a 
  

  

  male 
  Grey-headed 
  Wagtail,! 
  which, 
  with 
  a 
  diet 
  of 
  mealworms 
  

  

  and 
  a 
  warm 
  room, 
  was 
  successfully 
  kept 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Lowne 
  through 
  

  

  the 
  winter. 
  A 
  male 
  Grey 
  W'agtail 
  with 
  a 
  black 
  throat 
  was 
  also 
  

  

  seen 
  on 
  the 
  Denes 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Lowne, 
  not 
  at 
  all 
  a 
  common 
  bird 
  with 
  

  

  us 
  in 
  that 
  plumage. 
  

  

  May. 
  

  

  4th. 
  — 
  E.N.E., 
  1. 
  Scoter 
  (a 
  female) 
  on 
  Whitesley 
  Broad 
  (B. 
  

   Gurney). 
  

  

  oth.— 
  S.S.E., 
  2. 
  Three 
  Black 
  Terns 
  on 
  Breydon 
  (B. 
  Dye) 
  ; 
  

   others 
  at 
  Hickling. 
  Scaup-Duck 
  at 
  Fritton 
  (Buxton). 
  Tufted 
  

   Duck 
  at 
  Sutton 
  (B. 
  Gurney). 
  

  

  6th.— 
  Tufted 
  Duck 
  at 
  Hickling. 
  

  

  