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shore on the afternoon of the 6th. It had a good crest, and 

 remains of the rufous on the cheeks and ruffs. I watched it for 

 a long time through the glasses, and then went over the pebble 

 bank. Some time later I came back (it being then nearly low 

 water), and then saw it close in shore. I waited until it dived, 

 then ran down the beach and lay down until it came up and went 

 down again, then ran again. The third time, unfortunately, it 

 came up rather quickly, and saw me moving. Down it went, of 

 course, and I am sure did not show itself again until it was about 

 200 yards from the beach. 



To say much about the wonderful migration which affected 

 the Norfolk coast in October would be out of my province. I hope 

 to see a full account of it by a Norfolk ornithologist ; but in the 

 meantime extracts from three letters from a resident on the coast 

 may be interesting to your readers. Skuas seem to have been 



unusually numerous : — " This morning I had three Skuas 



I think two are Richardson's, and one, very much smaller, is, I 

 fancy, Buffon's. There were twenty in a flock, one with very long 

 tail [adult Buffon's], and one very large [? Great Skua; or, more 



probably, only Pomatorhine] (2nd Oct. 1890) This wind 



[North in Oxon] has brought a great many wildfowl over." My 

 correspondent had lying before him eight Skuas — Pomatorhine, 

 Richardson's, and one Buffon's. " For the last two days the 

 ducks and geese have been passing in packs of hundreds, closely 

 following each other." Pintail and Long-tailed Ducks brought 

 in among others. " Gulls, Dunlins and other small birds in 

 thousands are passing to-day" (Oct. 18th). Had several Purple 

 Sandpipers this season ; " two others came in last night." On 

 the 1st Nov. a Ring Ouzel. A Bewick's Swan on 20th October. 

 " I never saw [during late high winds] such a migration of Rooks, 

 Jackdaws, Grey Crows, Starlings, Larks, and Finches down to 

 the tiny Goldcrest. There have been more Woodcocks this year 

 than usual" (6th Nov. 1890). 





