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Scops giu. Scops-Owl. — A. " Norfolk is accredited with six 

 occurrences — two at Yarmouth " (Nor. N. S. vol. iv. p. 267). Mr. 

 J. H. Gurney has one caught at Cromer Lighthouse, November, 

 1861. I distinctly remember one taken at Lowestoft Lighthouse 

 some years ago, but can trace no printed record. One killed at 

 Martham, June 1st, 1891. 



Circus ceruginosus. Marsh- Harrier. — R. The Messrs. Paget 

 record it as " rather rare." In the earlier part of the century 

 was not uncommon on the Broads, where it nested. Now only 

 occasionally seen. Last nested in the Broad district in 1878. 



C. cyaneus. Hen-Harrier. — R. R. Becoming rarer year by 

 year, thanks to game-preservers and others. " Not uncommon " 

 (Paget). Occasionally brought to market from the Broad district 

 in hard winters. 



C. cineraceus. Montagu's Harrier. — R. R. Rarely nests on 

 the Broads. Mr. J. H. Gurney estimates six nests for 1858, but 

 only one for 1898 (Zool. 1899, p. 115). More often met with 

 than the two preceding. One caught in a bird-net on North 

 Denes, April 28th, 1891. 



Buteo vulgaris. Common Buzzard. — R. R. Occasionally 

 turning up in autumn and winter in some numbers, as in Septem- 

 ber, 1881, when several were killed. I saw three washed up dead 

 on the beach after a gale in the same month. The Messrs. Paget 

 refer to it as " not uncommon." One taken off Flegg Burgh, 

 Nov. 16th, 1897. 



B. lagopus. Rough-legged Buzzard. — N. C. In November 

 occasionally arrives in some numbers. Two or three winters 

 sometimes elapse without an example being recorded. The 

 winter of 1839-40 was a noted year for B. lagopus in Norfolk ; 

 again numerous in autumn of 1858, when " about twenty speci- 

 mens were obtained, principally in the neighbourhood of Thetford 

 and Yarmouth " ; and again in some numbers in September, 1881. 



Halia'etus albicilla. White-tailed Eagle.— A. Rarely seen, 

 and then always in immature plumage. Messrs. Paget record 

 six occurrences : " The late Mr. Girdlestone . . . informed Mr. 

 Lubbock that in the sharp winter of 1837 ' he had seen three of 

 these Eagles in sight at once ' on Horsey warren " (B. of N. 

 vol. i. p. 4). Several since recorded. One of two shot at 

 Winterton in winter of 1856-7 was found to have been feeding 



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