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seen by Mr. Evershed and other competent observers, and in 

 August a young one was shot, but I think it was old enough to 

 have come from the Fame Islands, where this species regularly 

 breeds. In September about seventeen more were shot, as I am 

 informed, a very uncalled-for and reprehensible slaughter, 

 although they were migrants from further north. If they did 

 breed at Cley as supposed, this is the first time they are known 

 to have done so in Norfolk. 



Aug. 13th.— A Crossbill at Burgh (Southwell). 17th.— A 

 Wood Warbler at Cley. 24th. — A Ruddy Sheldrake was shot at 

 Salthouse. It was a female in faded and pale plumage caused by 

 very light edges to all the feathers. There seems to be as much 

 reason for regarding this as a wild bird as the nineteen specimens 

 which were recorded last year (Zool. pp. 392, 427), all my 

 enquiries failing to elicit that anybody had lost one. A Sclavo- 

 nian Grebe and two Wood Sandpipers were shot at Hickling 

 (Bird), and five or six other Wood Sandpipers about this time at 

 or near Yarmouth (Southwell). 



Sept. 4th. — A male Icterine Warbler was shot at Wells by 

 Mr. N. H. Joy. It is considerably greyer than the bird figured 

 in Dresser's * Birds of Europe " (vol. ii. p. 521), but agrees 

 pretty well with a skin from Westphalia : — Wing, from carpus, 

 3.35; tarsus, .95; culmen, .22; tail, 1.9. These measurements 

 slightly exceed those of the Blakeney bird (cf. Trans. Norfolk 

 Nat. Soc. iv. p. 39). This is the sixth British specimen recorded, 

 the last having been obtained in Yorkshire (cf, Cordeaux, Zool. 

 1891, p. 305), and the second which has been met with in Norfolk. 

 11th. — Two large hawks, believed to be Marsh Harriers, were 

 seen hovering over a dead dog on Gorleston beach by Mr. South- 

 well. Shore Lark shot at Yarmouth. 12th. — A Little Gull at 

 Yarmouth (Patterson). 14th. — A Lapland Bunting was shot at 

 Cley (Power), and an Osprey was seen at Hickling (Nudd) 

 15th. — A Wood Sandpiper was seen at Cley by Dr. Power. 21st, 

 — Pink-footed Geese returned to Holkham (Feilden). Shore Larks 

 were seen at Cley (Gunn), and three Lapland Buntings were 

 shot; others were seen at Yarmouth (Smith). 22nd. — A Lapland 

 Bunting was shot at Yarmouth, and three more netted. A great 

 many Twites were seen (Smith). 24th. — Tree Sparrows were 

 noticed on Yarmouth, sandhills (Patterson). 2 5 th .-^Lapland Bunt* 

 ng at Cley (Gunn). 26th.^-Sclavonian Grebe at Cley (Gunn). 



