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himself between August 25th and October 10th, adding that he 

 had heard of many others ; and several were seen at Northrepps 

 about that time. 



29th. — W. A Green Woodpecker seen on the sea-wall at Cley 

 by Mr. F. D. Power, not the first indication we have of this 

 being an over-sea migrant; for, as Mr. Pashley reminds me, they 

 are often seen on the brackish marshes, and he has himself 

 flushed them from the creeks by the beach. Mr. Bird remarks 

 that if Green Woodpeckers do not migrate they move about 

 much more in Norfolk in autumn and winter than in spring and 

 summer ; and between September 2nd and November 29th he 

 saw nine, all within four miles of the coast, and in places where 

 they certainly do not breed. They are, however, like the Lesser 

 Spotted Woodpecker, very susceptible to frost, which means 

 starvation for them. At the beginning of the year Mr. Lowne 

 had a Green Woodpecker with a beak like a Crossbill, and not only 

 was it crossed, but the longest mandible had attained the length 

 of two and a half inches, and it is extraordinary how it maintained 

 its existence. 



31st. — S.S.W. Five Great Skuas seen on the coast by Mr. 

 Long ; and one of them, again, a few days afterwards, by Mr. 

 Gunn. October is the usual month in which this fine Skua has 

 visited Norfolk, and only one has been seen before in August. 

 Mr. Connop has a splendid melanism of this species, quite 

 equal to the one figured in Dresser's ' Birds of Europe.' 



September. 



Wind west, thirteen days ; wind north, twelve days ; wind 

 south, two days ; wind east, two days. 



4th. — W., light. A hybridf between a Goldfinch and a 

 Linnet, netted at Acle by a birdcatcher named George, has the 

 wings of a Goldfinch, but the Linnet's plumage predominates in 

 the breast, back, throat, and tail, and its note partakes of both 

 (W. Lowne). It is a hybrid which has been several times bred in 

 confinement, but the present one we are assured is a wild caught 

 bird, and agrees fairly with the description in Macpherson's 

 "Hybrid Finches" (Norw. N. Tr. iv. p. 368). 



5th. — N.W., first frost. An immature Icterine Warbler f 

 (Hypolais icterina) — the fourth that has been taken in Norfolk — 



