264 THE ZOOLOGIST. 



less than twelve were offered to Mr. Pashley, four to Mr. Gunn, 

 two to Mr. Roberts, and two to Mr. Clarke. At Blakenny, where 

 Little Auks have ceased to be a rarity, Mr. Pmchen saw three 

 pass along the shore, and another struck a wrecked ship and 

 killed itself. Previous visitations of the Little Auk to Norfolk 

 and Suffolk were in October, 1841 ; December, 1846 ; November, 

 1861 ; November, 1878 ; January, 1895 ; and November, 1910. 



19th. — A Black-throated Diver received from Barton by 

 Mr. Gunn, and on the 26th another. 



Passage of Sivans. — Although we had no great severity of 

 weather during November, Hocks of Wild Swans made their 

 appearance. 



At Blakenny some were seen by Mr. R. Pinchen winging 

 their way westwards, and at the same time considerable herds 

 appeared on, or rather flying over, our largest Broad. This was 

 particularly noticed by Mr. Vincent, who is in charge there, on 

 November 13th — a rough day — when we had a high wind from 

 the north-north-west, which at 8 a.m. registered force 6, but in 

 two hours' time dropped to 4. Mr. Vincent has furnished the 

 following notes : 



5th. — An immature Whooper Swan. 



12th. — Very low glass, with heavy rain in the afternoon. 

 Eleven Bewick's Swans seen going west. 



13th.— N.N.W., 6. Sleet. Flocks of 17, 13, 9, 7, 4 Swans, 

 all believed by my informant to have been Whoopers, passed. 

 He remarked that they were struggling against the strong north- 

 west wind, and flying due west. 



14th. — A flock of six and another of four Bewick's Swans, 

 also going west against the wind, which had moderated to 

 force 2. 



15th. — ^Flocks of four and five Bewick's Swans going west. 



16th. — Only one Bewick's Swan. 



20th. — Three Bewick's Swans, one of them immature. 



22nd. — Seven Bewick's (?) Swans going west. 



28th.— Eight Bewick's (?) Swans. 



The remarkable thing about this passage of Swans is that 

 the 13th is almost the very day on which six great flocks came 

 last year, all believed to be Bewick's Swans (' Zool.,' 1915, 

 p. 142). "Whatever they were, they were going in the same 



