﻿ORNITHOLOGICAL 
  NOTES 
  FROM 
  NORFOLK. 
  215 
  

  

  6th. 
  — 
  [About 
  the 
  6th 
  a 
  Pekin 
  Nightingale 
  (Liothrix 
  lutea)\ 
  

   was 
  shot 
  at 
  Holkham 
  on 
  the 
  marsh 
  by 
  the 
  sea, 
  and 
  identified 
  by 
  

   Mr. 
  Southwell. 
  It 
  showed 
  no 
  signs 
  of 
  confinement, 
  but 
  this 
  is 
  

   not 
  an 
  uncommon 
  cage-bird. 
  L'Abbe 
  David 
  calls 
  it 
  a 
  very 
  

   common 
  species 
  throughout 
  the 
  whole 
  chain 
  of 
  the 
  Himalayas 
  

   and 
  throughout 
  southern 
  China. 
  The 
  beautiful 
  green 
  and 
  yellow 
  

   tints 
  were 
  rather 
  faded 
  in 
  this 
  example.] 
  

  

  14th 
  ?.— 
  Fork-tailed 
  Petrel! 
  shot 
  on 
  Breydon 
  (E. 
  Saunders). 
  

  

  16th. 
  — 
  About 
  this 
  date 
  Mr. 
  H. 
  Bacon 
  saw 
  a 
  flock 
  of 
  Norfolk 
  

   Plovers 
  at 
  Kelling, 
  and 
  some 
  at 
  Hindringham. 
  Not 
  many 
  stay 
  

   with 
  us 
  as 
  late 
  as 
  November. 
  

  

  18th. 
  — 
  Forty-three 
  Wild 
  Swans— 
  presumably 
  Whoopers 
  — 
  

   flew 
  over 
  Sutton 
  Broad, 
  going 
  N.W., 
  and 
  making 
  a 
  great 
  noise 
  

   as 
  they 
  flew 
  (E. 
  Gurney). 
  

  

  December. 
  

  

  2nd. 
  — 
  Seventy 
  Wild 
  Swans 
  seen 
  at 
  Hickling 
  Broad 
  by 
  the 
  

   keeper 
  (Bird). 
  

  

  23rd. 
  — 
  An 
  arrival 
  of 
  W'oodcocks 
  in 
  the 
  Cromer 
  district, 
  and 
  

   an 
  accession 
  to 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  Blackbirds, 
  which 
  so 
  often 
  happens 
  

   in 
  December. 
  

  

  28th— 
  E., 
  6. 
  A 
  Fork-tailed 
  Petrel 
  -the 
  third 
  this 
  year- 
  

   caught 
  on 
  board 
  a 
  smack 
  at 
  Lowestoft 
  during 
  a 
  gale 
  from 
  the 
  

   east, 
  and 
  brought 
  alive 
  to 
  Mr. 
  Bunn. 
  

  

  30th. 
  — 
  As 
  many 
  as 
  seven 
  Hawfinches 
  on 
  my 
  neighbour's 
  

   lawn, 
  and 
  about 
  twice 
  that 
  number 
  announced 
  on 
  a 
  lawn 
  at 
  

   Catton. 
  If 
  all 
  these 
  had 
  recently 
  crossed 
  the 
  sea, 
  as 
  may 
  have 
  

   been 
  the 
  case, 
  so 
  late 
  a 
  passage 
  was 
  unusual. 
  For 
  the 
  last 
  two 
  

   years 
  they 
  have 
  been 
  scarce. 
  

  

  31st. 
  — 
  An 
  Avocet,t 
  seen 
  at 
  Aldborough, 
  in 
  Suffolk, 
  by 
  Mr. 
  

   E. 
  A. 
  Pownall 
  was 
  unfortunately 
  shot 
  on 
  the 
  following 
  day. 
  Its 
  

   presence 
  was 
  no 
  doubt 
  due 
  to 
  a 
  gale 
  from 
  the 
  east 
  of 
  several 
  

   days' 
  continuance, 
  which 
  on 
  the 
  evening 
  of 
  the 
  30th 
  reached 
  to 
  

   force 
  8 
  at 
  Yarmouth. 
  There 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  no 
  previous 
  mention 
  

   of 
  one 
  in 
  the 
  eastern 
  counties 
  in 
  December, 
  but 
  it 
  has 
  sometimes 
  

   occurred 
  in 
  Ireland 
  at 
  that 
  season. 
  This 
  storm-driven 
  waif 
  was 
  

   in 
  good 
  plumage, 
  and 
  excellent 
  condition, 
  and 
  formed 
  the 
  sub- 
  

   ject 
  of 
  an 
  illustrated 
  article 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Patterson 
  in 
  ' 
  The 
  Daily 
  

   Graphic' 
  

  

  