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  THE 
  ZOOLOGIST. 
  

  

  have 
  been 
  Carrion 
  Crows, 
  but 
  eighty 
  per 
  cent, 
  were 
  Rooks 
  ; 
  also 
  

   one 
  or 
  two 
  flocks 
  of 
  Skylarks. 
  Mr. 
  Robinson 
  reported 
  in 
  addi- 
  

   tion 
  large 
  companies 
  of 
  Lapwings 
  at 
  Wells, 
  and 
  hedges 
  crowded 
  

   with 
  Blackbirds. 
  In 
  Northamptonshire 
  a 
  Hawk-Owl 
  was 
  shot, 
  

   and 
  perhaps 
  it 
  was 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  company 
  that 
  a 
  Grey 
  Shrike 
  

   came 
  over 
  which 
  was 
  disturbed 
  on 
  Caister 
  Denes 
  making 
  a 
  meal 
  

   of 
  a 
  Greenfinchf 
  (E. 
  Saunders), 
  which 
  it 
  had 
  impaled 
  for 
  that 
  

   purpose. 
  Similar 
  arrivals 
  of 
  Rooks 
  were 
  watched 
  on 
  the 
  same 
  

   day 
  at 
  Warham 
  (Robinson), 
  Cromer, 
  Overstrand, 
  Siderstrand, 
  

   Sutton 
  (R. 
  Gurney), 
  Hickling, 
  Yarmouth 
  (Patterson 
  and 
  Dye), 
  

   and 
  even 
  passing 
  over 
  Norwich 
  (W. 
  G. 
  Clarke), 
  so 
  the 
  extent 
  of 
  

   the 
  flight 
  was 
  not 
  small. 
  

  

  21st. 
  — 
  A 
  Waxwing 
  shot 
  at 
  Yarmouth. 
  This 
  was 
  the 
  first 
  

   one, 
  but 
  small 
  flocks 
  must 
  have 
  continued 
  to 
  arrive 
  until 
  the 
  

   end 
  of 
  the 
  year, 
  and 
  even 
  afterwards. 
  According 
  to 
  the 
  returns 
  

   from 
  different 
  quarters 
  of 
  birds 
  clearly 
  identified, 
  or 
  birds 
  shot 
  [up 
  

   to 
  February, 
  1904], 
  their 
  presence 
  was 
  distributed 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  — 
  

   Nine 
  in 
  the 
  Lowestoft 
  district 
  (Lowne 
  and 
  Bunn) 
  ; 
  twenty-four 
  

   in 
  the 
  Yarmouth 
  district 
  (Lowne) 
  ; 
  thirteen 
  in 
  the 
  Norwich 
  

   district 
  (Roberts) 
  ; 
  six 
  in 
  the 
  Holt 
  district 
  ; 
  six 
  in 
  the 
  Cley 
  dis- 
  

   trict 
  ; 
  twelve 
  in 
  the 
  Hunstanton 
  district 
  (Clarke). 
  

  

  In 
  1902 
  only 
  a 
  single 
  Waxwing 
  was 
  reported 
  for 
  the 
  whole 
  

   county. 
  This 
  year 
  I 
  am 
  glad 
  to 
  say 
  there 
  was 
  a 
  laudable 
  

   inclination 
  to 
  protect 
  the 
  handsome 
  aliens, 
  at 
  any 
  rate 
  on 
  the 
  

   part 
  of 
  some. 
  A 
  pair 
  remained 
  and 
  were 
  protected 
  for 
  several 
  

   days 
  in 
  a 
  shrubbery 
  at 
  Hanworth. 
  For 
  a 
  short 
  time 
  there 
  were 
  

   four 
  in 
  the 
  garden 
  of 
  the 
  Naval 
  Hospital 
  at 
  Yarmouth 
  (Lowne). 
  

   At 
  Riverside 
  House, 
  Thorpe, 
  a 
  large 
  rose 
  trained 
  over 
  an 
  arch 
  

   was 
  visited, 
  and 
  the 
  Waxwings 
  allowed 
  themselves 
  to 
  be 
  watched 
  

   masticating 
  the 
  scarlet 
  hips, 
  the 
  seeds 
  of 
  which 
  I 
  found 
  dropped 
  

   on 
  the 
  ground. 
  

  

  22nd. 
  — 
  S.W., 
  3. 
  A 
  female 
  Roller 
  at 
  Gayton, 
  near 
  Lynn, 
  

   perching 
  on 
  oak-trees 
  in 
  a 
  turnip 
  field, 
  I 
  am 
  informed 
  by 
  Mr. 
  R. 
  

   Clarke, 
  proved 
  too 
  tempting 
  an 
  object 
  to 
  be 
  let 
  alone. 
  

  

  23rd. 
  — 
  My 
  son 
  saw 
  nine 
  Norfolk 
  Plovers 
  at 
  Hockham. 
  

  

  November. 
  

   1st. 
  — 
  A 
  Water-Rail 
  killed 
  by 
  contact 
  with 
  the 
  Hasborough 
  

   Lighthouse 
  (Bird). 
  Two 
  Lapland 
  Buntings 
  reported 
  at 
  Yar- 
  

   mouth 
  (Dye). 
  

  

  