58 THE ZOOLOGIST. 



On Sept. 7th two Bluethroats and a Garden Warbler were seen 

 in the saltwort-bushes by the sea. On the 9th fourteen more 

 Bluethroats were seen in the same bushes by Mr. F. Barclay, who 

 shot six of them, all immature birds. He says there were a great 

 many Redstarts with them : a female Black Redstart was shot 

 during this month. On Sept. 17th my father saw the first 

 Hooded Crow at Northrepps. 



On October 6th a young male of Sabine's Gull was shot at 

 Hickling while consorting with some Lapwings — very immature 

 in respect of its plumage. On the 10th a Little Bittern was shot 

 at Runham. About the 15th of this month Lord Lilford was 

 informed by a good observer (Mr. G. Hunt) of hundreds of passing 

 Chaffinches, and many Jackdaws among the sand-hills near Hun- 

 stanton, and a flock of Sand Grouse which " rose at his feet." 



On October 22nd a Lapland Bunting (a remarkably small one) 

 was caught at Lowestoft, and a Grey Shrike on the Leman-and- 

 Ower light-vessel, the wing of which was sent me by Mr. Cordeaux, 

 and shortly afterwards Mr. Smith reported several Grey Shrikes 

 seen near Yarmouth. About this date a large arrival of Gold- 

 crests was reported on the coast at and near Waxham ; three or 

 four were cut down with a whip, and a fence near the sea is said 

 to have swarmed with them. One which flew into a house at 

 Yarmouth, on the 24th, was taken to Mr. Lowne. Mr. Smith 

 caught another in his garden, and at Cley some boys knocked 

 down twelve with bacuba canes, and took them to a local naturalist. 

 I hear from correspondents of their abundance at Harwich, in 

 Essex, and Scarborough, in Yorkshire. The last great migration 

 we had was in 1882, when I saw hedgerows about a quarter of a 

 mile from the cliff full of these little birds. 



I hear from Mr. George Smith that on November 7th a Short- 

 toed Lark was shot on the South Breydon marshes. Some are 

 reported to have been caught alive in Devonshire shortly before 

 ( ; Field* of Nov. 9th, 1889, p. 667). On Nov. 10th an Egyptian 

 Goose was shot at Cley, and three others were seen. 



On December 4th eleven Sand Grouse were seen at Docking 

 by Sir William Ffolkes. On the 12th a female Shoveller was 

 shot at Cley. 





