Birds. 1381 



species. It sometimes, though very rarely, remains in spring late 

 enough to have assumed the plumage of the breeding season, and 

 when this is the case, it probably, sometimes breeds in the county. 



A specimen which had been slightly wounded in the wing, lived 

 some weeks in confinement. It would eat in a day four gudgeons, of 

 three or four inches in length ; swallowing them whole, with the head 

 downwards. 







The Eared Grebe in summer plumage. 



Eared Grebe, Podiceps auritus. Has hitherto occurred as a very 

 rare summer visitant, possibly sometimes nesting in the county. In 

 the month of April last, no less than five specimens of the eared 

 grebe were killed within a week at Wroxham and other places 

 in the county, and it is somewhat remarkable that these have 

 all proved, upon dissection, to be male birds. 



Little Grebe, Podiceps minor. Common throughout the year, and 

 breeds with us. Like the great crested grebe, it prefers small run- 

 ning streams during frosty weather, frequenting at other times the 

 larger pieces of standing water. 



Great Northern Diver, Colymbus glacialis. Common in winter, 

 and occasionally, but far more rarely, occurs in summer. 



Black- throated Diver, Colymbus arcticus. Sometimes met with in 

 winter, but has been very rarely obtained in summer plumage. 



Red-throated Diver, Colymbus septentrioiialis. Very common in 

 winter, and occasionally met with in summer plumage. 



