ORNITHOLOGICAL NOTES 1ROM NORFOLK. 17 5 



chickens about ten days old in all of them. A day or two after- 

 wards Mr. Pashley and Mr. Dack each received another, which 

 completed the slaughter of the family party ! perhaps necessary, 

 though it is impossible not to regret it from a naturalist's point 

 of view. 



10th. A Dotterel was shot at Yarmouth (E. C. Saunders). 



20th. A young Buffon's Skua, with a dark breast and a 

 very small beak, was shot in Blakeney Harbour by Mr. Robert 

 Gurney. 



23rd. A Shearwater, several Black Terns, five Richardson's 

 Skuas, one Buffon's Skua, and three Sandwich Terns, were seen 

 or shot at Cley (R. Gurney) ; and about this time some Green 

 Sandpipers. 



31st. Some Green Sandpipers at Fritton (N. Buxton). 



September. 



Prevailing wind S.E. 



4th. Counted sixteen Great Crested Grebes from Mr. Bux- 

 ton's boat-staithe on Fritton Lake, but as we could not see 

 half the lake, it is safe to estimate that there were at least thirty- 

 five. On rowing to the end several more appeared, two-thirds of 

 them young ones, and one or two being little more than half- 

 grown were yet able to keep up with their parents. I did not 

 see more than two young in general, which looks as if the 

 marauding Pike had had his share, and in some cases there was 

 only one ; they are strictly protected from gunners. 



6th. Two Buffon's and two Richardson's (Arctic) Skuas, all 

 young birds, paid the usual penalty at Cley (Pashley) ; and the 

 same day a very good immature Buffon's Skua, now in Mr. 

 Robert Gurney 's collection, was shot at Rockland. 



7th. A Spoonbill at Burgh Castle (W. Sharman). 



10th. Some Pied Flycatchers were seen on the coast by 

 Mr. Gunn. 



12th. Some Skuas were seen near Cley by Mr. Gunn. A 

 Manx Shearwater was shot at Hunstanton (C. Whitty), and 

 another off Cley. 



13th. A flock of about sixteen Sandwich Terns was seen at 

 Cley by Mr. T. E. Gunn ; and a young Buffon's Skua killed. 



15th. First Pink-footed Geese appeared at Holkam (Lord 

 Leicester). 



