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the light-vessel, valuable notes might be further obtained on the 

 comparative speed in flight of different species of birds as they 

 passed along. Possibly the Green Woodpecker, Nuthatch, and 

 House- Sparrow, which have not yet been proved to be migratory, 

 would also be identified, and much more might be learnt than we 

 know about the effects of wind. The light-ships of Ireland have 

 added no fewer than six new species to the Irish fauna (Barring- 

 ton), which shows what is still to be done. 



January. 



1st. — Flock of Mealy Redpolls near Cley (H. N. Pashley) ; a 

 true winter migrant, but whose appearance has nothing to do 

 with severity of weather. 



3rd. — A very singular Book with about half of each wing slate- 

 coloured, including the greater wing-coverts and scapular feathers, 

 which was flying about with other normal Books at Eaton, was 

 at first sight rather suggestive of hybridism with a Hooded Crow ; 

 but this cross has never been detected in Norfolk or Suffolk. 



8th. — Mr. C. Hamond met with two Black Guillemots in 

 Holham " bay," near Wells, at no great distance from the shore. 



25th.— A Little Bustard shot at Feltwell (Zool. 1898, p. 125). 

 a migrant probably from the South of France or Spain, as the 

 species is commoner there than in North Africa. 



February. 



8th. — A wounded Shag picked up at Stiff key (Pashley), and 

 another disabled by a stone, are almost the only records in my 

 note-book for February. 



21st. — Bewick's Swan on Breydon (B. Dye). 



March. 



9th. — Three hundred Wigeon, with a few Pintails and Shovel- 

 lers, on Breydon Broad (S. Chambers). 



10th. — A thousand Wigeon now on Breydon (Chambers). 



13th. — Shag found dead at Yarmouth (Dye). 



15th. — A white Blue Titmouse, or nearly white, very busy at 

 a cocoa-nut hung out for these birds in Mr. Digby's garden at 

 Fakenham. 



28th. — A Shag brought in from sea (A. Patterson). 



