98 THIS ZOOLOGIST. 



THE BIRDS OF GREAT YARMOUTH AND THE 

 NEIGHBOURHOOD. 



By Arthur Patterson. 



(Continued from vol. iv. p. 535.) 



Fulica atra. Coot. — C. Not so abundant as formerly, but 

 still plentiful. When the Broads are frozen over many repair to 

 Breydon, where they fall comparatively easy victims to the punt- 

 guns. A number killed there, Dec. 13th, 1899. They also then 

 occasionally take to the roadstead. Between three hundred and 

 four hundred in one flock on Breydon near my houseboat, 

 Dec. 26th, 1899. 



Grus communis. Crane. — A. Though at one time a Norfolk 

 resident, this species is now only an accidental straggler. Three 

 or four are recorded for this locality ; the last shot at Halvergate, 

 May 29th, 1888. 



Otis tarda. Great Bustard. — A. Although extinct as a 

 resident, migratory examples of this bird occur from time to 

 time in this county. One was observed to come over sea and 

 drop in a turnip-field at Horsey in 1820 (B. of N. vol. ii. p. 30). 

 Another was watched for some time by Capt. Rising on the 

 Horsey marshes, Jan. 17th, 1867. 



O. tetrax. Little Bustard. — A. A fine adult female shot on 

 Southtown marshes, near Yarmouth, March Idth, 1858. One at 

 Bradwell, November, 1885. A third at Waxham, Aug. 10th, 

 1889 ; and on May 3rd, 1898, one was shot at Kessingland in full 

 summer plumage. 



(Edicnemus scolopax. Stone-Curlew. — R. Rarely met with 

 here. One shot on Breydon walls, July 3 1st, 1897, and another 

 on the Bure marshes on Sept. 16th, 1898. 



Glareola pratincola. Pratincole. — A. Messrs. Paget record : 

 "A pair shot on Breydon wall. May, 1827." They were male 

 and female ; their stomachs were filled with beetles. Were 

 extremely dirty and besmeared with blood, and Harvey's (the 



