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  THE 
  ZOOLOGIST. 
  

  

  p. 
  174). 
  Breeding 
  Terns 
  are 
  very 
  much 
  at 
  the 
  mercy 
  of 
  the 
  

   weather, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  often 
  June 
  and 
  July 
  pass 
  without 
  some 
  

   havoc 
  happening 
  — 
  high 
  tides 
  sometimes 
  engulf 
  their 
  eggs. 
  

  

  The 
  photograph 
  (Plate 
  II., 
  fig. 
  2) 
  was 
  taken 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Edward 
  

   Corder, 
  of 
  Norwich, 
  and 
  represents 
  two 
  nestlings. 
  They 
  have 
  

   black 
  throats, 
  and 
  are 
  altogether 
  much 
  darker 
  than 
  the 
  nestling 
  

   Lesser 
  Tern, 
  with 
  which 
  they 
  cannot 
  be 
  confounded. 
  

  

  NlDIFICATION 
  OF 
  THE 
  HERON 
  AND 
  StOCK-DoVE. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Astley 
  informs 
  me 
  of 
  two 
  Herons' 
  nests 
  at 
  Melton, 
  near 
  

   Holt, 
  and 
  at 
  Earlham 
  there 
  were 
  seven 
  nests, 
  as 
  against 
  eight 
  in 
  

   1902. 
  A 
  few 
  Herons 
  have 
  for 
  the 
  first 
  time 
  nested 
  at 
  Eollesby 
  

   (Connop), 
  but 
  none 
  at 
  Horning 
  (Bird) 
  or 
  Mautby 
  (Southwell). 
  

   At 
  Beedham, 
  Mr. 
  Southwell 
  was 
  informed 
  there 
  were 
  eighty-five 
  

   nests, 
  but 
  I 
  have 
  not 
  been 
  near 
  enough 
  to 
  see 
  more 
  than 
  about 
  

   thirty, 
  which 
  can 
  be 
  counted 
  from 
  the 
  train. 
  

  

  The 
  only 
  other 
  memoranda 
  of 
  any 
  consequence 
  are 
  an 
  early 
  

   Long-tailed 
  Tit's 
  nest 
  at 
  Thorpe 
  in 
  March, 
  and 
  three 
  clutches 
  of 
  

   Stock-Dove's 
  eggs 
  taken 
  in 
  the 
  garden 
  of 
  Northrepps 
  Hall, 
  and 
  

   hatched 
  under 
  tame 
  Pigeons 
  in 
  an 
  out-door 
  aviary, 
  but 
  only 
  two 
  

   of 
  the 
  young 
  onest 
  have 
  grown 
  up 
  to 
  maturity, 
  and 
  they 
  are 
  

   still 
  alive. 
  

  

  It 
  may 
  be 
  mentioned 
  that 
  Mr. 
  Patterson 
  believes 
  a 
  pair 
  of 
  

   Greenshanks 
  remained 
  on 
  or 
  near 
  Breydon 
  tidal 
  broad 
  most 
  of 
  

   the 
  summer. 
  On 
  July 
  9th 
  he 
  saw 
  five 
  together, 
  of 
  which 
  two 
  

   were 
  apparently 
  adult, 
  and 
  three 
  young 
  ; 
  the 
  notes 
  uttered 
  by 
  

   the 
  former 
  being 
  perceptibly 
  different 
  from 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  latter. 
  

   There 
  is 
  no 
  reason, 
  however, 
  to 
  think 
  that 
  Greenshanks 
  have 
  

   ever 
  bred 
  in 
  Norfolk, 
  although 
  eggs 
  have 
  from 
  time 
  to 
  time 
  been 
  

   attributed 
  to 
  them. 
  Barren 
  birds 
  of 
  all 
  the 
  Charadriidce 
  occur 
  

   sometimes 
  in 
  summer. 
  On 
  June 
  21st 
  Mr. 
  Patterson 
  saw 
  a 
  

   belated 
  Grey 
  Plover, 
  and 
  shortly 
  after 
  that 
  there 
  were 
  Common 
  

   Sandpipers 
  on 
  the 
  Little 
  Ouse 
  below 
  Thetford 
  (W. 
  Clarke) 
  ; 
  but 
  

   this 
  does 
  not 
  prove 
  nidification, 
  though 
  certainly 
  the 
  Common 
  

   Sandpiper 
  has 
  once 
  bred 
  at 
  Hickling. 
  

  

  Wood-Pigeons 
  and 
  Rooks. 
  

   July 
  11th. 
  — 
  Wood-Pigeons 
  attacking 
  the 
  young 
  Swede 
  tur- 
  

   nips, 
  and 
  eating 
  the 
  leaf 
  when 
  about 
  three 
  inches 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  