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later Colonel Butler heard the flute-like notes of the Golden 

 Oriole at Herringfleet, and I found a contented Kedstart sitting 

 on eggs at Northrepps, where to my knowledge a Kedstart has 

 never been found nesting before. 



On May 21st a male Scops Owl, Scops giu (Scopoli), was shot 

 at Walsingham Abbey, as recorded by Col. Feilden (Zool. 1891, 

 p. 315), and was sent by him to Norwich, where I had an oppor- 

 tunity of seeing it and examining its gizzard, which contained 

 some insect remains, and what appeared to be filaments of moss. 

 On June 1st another Scops Owl, a male, was killed in a market- 

 garden at Martham. Its gizzard contained beetles of a bronze 

 colour. These two Scops Owls may be regarded as the rarest 

 birds met with in Norfolk during the year. 



On June 15th, as Mr. Patterson reported, three Avocets and 

 two Spoonbills were seen on Breydon Water. Two Puffins and a 

 Razorbill were washed up on the beach at Yarmouth on June 24th, 

 and taken to Mr. Patterson, and two more Puffins were sent about 

 the same time to Mr. Gunn, from Lynn. 



Sandwich Terns, Manx Shearwaters, Grey Phalaropes, Field- 

 fares and Rough-legged Buzzards successively passed Norfolk on 

 the autumn migration, and almost simultaneously * The Field ' 

 announced their appearance on other parts of our Eastern sea- 

 board. The Phalaropes, however, were South-of-England visitants, 

 and Norfolk lay too far to the north and west to attract them in 

 any number. Four, however, were shot on Oct. 20th, 22nd, 24th, 

 and 25th, the only one which occurred inland being obtained at 

 Wymondham. This remarkable incursion of Phalaropes has 

 been more extensive than that which attracted so much attention 

 in 1866. 



The flight of Rough-legged Buzzards alluded to by the 

 Editor (p. 22) set in, on our coast, about the 10th of November 

 last, on which day one was shot at Hempstead ; but Suffolk was 

 equally visited by these birds. Although several were sent to 

 our birdstuffers, it was not such a memorable visitation as that 

 which occurred in 1880. 



House Martins were still numerous in November, and a few 

 Swallows, and were noticed in various places up to the 22nd. 

 Owing to the combative propensity of the Sparrow, the House 

 Martin is becoming quite a rare bird with us, and their appearance 

 so late in the season attracted general notice. Sand Martins 



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