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2nd. — W. Manx Shearwater at Heacham (R. Clarke). 

 3rd. — Scarcely any wind. A Bluethroat and some Pied Fly- 

 catchers seen, and some 250 Gannets at sea (R. Gurney). Two 

 Quails at Pulham Market (T. Southwell). 



4th.— Wind W. [In Lincolnshire E., cf. Zool. 1896, p. 436, 

 Phylloscopas viridanus.] Going out after dark Mr. Patterson 

 found the weather very unsettled and wet ; while from the mingled 

 cries of Grey Plover, Godwits, Knots, and Dunlin overhead, he 

 judged the air to be alive with birds of the wader class, probably 

 attracted by the lights of Yarmouth. When the street-lamps are 

 put out and daylight dawns the spell is broken. 



5th. — Wind S., strong. A Gull-billed Tern almost in winter 

 plumage — an adult bird — having the top of the head nearly white, 

 with darker nape and a black forehead, was shot on Breydon 

 Broad, and submitted to Mr. Southwell in the flesh. I imagine 

 that this summer visitor, which doubtless bred in Montagu's 

 time in England, has not been obtained in this garb before ; it is 

 certainly less of a sea-loving species than the Sandwich Tern. Mr. 

 R. Gurney met with a Dotterel in the speckled immature plumage, 

 and Mr. Arnold with a Grey Plover (a species which has been 

 rather numerous) still nearly in breeding plumage. Twelve Grey 

 Plovers and four Corncrakes on a stall at Yarmouth (Patterson). 

 6th. — E. A Bluethroat, a Lesser Whitethroat, and a good 

 many Redstarts, which had probably crossed in the night, noticed 

 by Mr. Gunn in the scrub, a few hundred yards from the sea. 



7th. — E. Seven Wagtails and nine Chaffinches passed the 

 1 Dudgeon ' light-vessel, intending probably to make the shore at 

 Wells (E. Cole, master). Mr. R. Gurney obtained an Icterine 

 Warbler, which had probably only arrived on the beach a few 

 hours before, as in passing the same small bushes in the 

 morning we had not noticed it there. Length 5j in. to tip of 

 beak ; weight J oz. Feet and legs greyish lead colour. Upper 

 mandible horn- colour, lower mandible yellow. The bushes con- 

 tained a good many Garden Warblers, young Whinchats and 

 Whitethroats, and one Bluethroat, which, like the other two, was 

 a young bird with a white gorget encircled with slate colour. 

 This Bluethroat and the Icterine Warbler had come in with the 

 wind, and perhaps crossed the sea together, as they were only 

 about one hundred yards apart. 



