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was shot at Cromer, where a pair of these birds appeared in a 

 large garden in the town, with four young ones able to fly, but 

 probably bred in the woods near. I soon afterwards heard from 

 Mr. R. Clarke that several flocks of Crossbills had been seen in 

 the neighbourhood of Sandringham, and Mr. Cordeaux noted 

 some in the Humber district (' Naturalist,' 1895, p. 2). In the 

 autumn they again appeared near Swaffham, and I think they are 

 becoming much commoner than formerly. 



July. 



13th. A Short-eared Owl was caught alive at Framingham 

 Pigot, near Norwich, and was afterwards sent me by Mr. S. Bligh. 

 From its rich colour and the down between the ear-tufts it was 

 apparently a young bird. 



18th. A Homing Pigeon of my son's, liberated at Lowestoft, 

 flew to Keswick in fifty minutes ; a good record. 



19th. A Curlew at Keswick. 



31st. Seven Grey Crows were seen at Yarmouth by Mr. 

 Patterson. They are not often met with at this time of the 

 year. 



August. 



2nd. Two Wood Sandpipers seen at Hickling (Bird). 



20th. Two Wigeon seen at Hickling (Bird). 



22nd. A Garganey was shot near Lynn by Mr. Cresswell. 



25th. A pale variety of the Redshank was shot at Cley by 

 Mr. Gunn, who also saw a very pale-coloured Curlew, at first 

 reported to be a white one ; and later on a white Woodcock was 

 seen by the keepers at Horsford. 



September. 



10th. An immature female Barred Warbler, Sylvia nisoiia, 

 was shot at Cley by Mr. W. H. Connop. It had the under tail 

 coverts a good deal barred, and the wing coverts edged a little 

 with white. Six years ago one of these birds was shot, on the 

 same date, at the same place ; and on this occasion one had been 

 shot only seven days before, in Yorkshire. 



18th. A female Alpine Ring Ouzel was shot on the beach at 

 Cley by Mr. T. E. Gunn, answering to the description of Tardus 

 alpestris in Dresser's * Birds of Europe,' where there are four 

 figures given of this southern variety (vol. ii. p. 113; supp. p. 653). 



21st. Mr, Patterson noticed and for some time watched a 



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