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April. 



Mr. Jary's diary continued: — April 4th. W. Wigeon all 

 gone. 14th. N.W. About 150 Wigeon and four Shovelers. 

 [18th. Six Wild Geese, A. P.] 33nd. W., strong. Eight 

 Shovelers and several Curlew and Grey Plovers, 28th. W., 

 strong. About seventy Wigeon, and a Spoonbill (?). 



The Rev. M. C. Bird's notes continued .-—April 1st. Very 

 many Yellowhammers. 6th. Large flocks of Starlings flying 

 N.W. in the evening. 20th. About twenty Crossbills at Brun- 

 stead. 23rd. Garganey Teal seen ; none known to have bred in 

 the Broad District this year. 26th. Two Jack- Snipes. 



The above is the only note I have of Crossbills for this year, 

 with the exception of some at Belton, in Suffolk, where Mr. 

 Lowne assures me they have been four seasons, and perhaps 

 bred. During the month a pair of Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers 

 were observed running up and down some dwarf apple-trees in 

 the garden of Shrimpling Rectory (Southwell). 



May. 



Mr. Jary's Diary :-^M.&j 3rd. S.E., strong. A lot of Whimbrel, 

 six Shoveler Ducks, and a great number of Dunlin and Ring- 

 Dotterel. 9th. N.E. A good many Whimbrel and some Grey 

 Plover [black-breasted, A. P.]. 12th. N.E., strong. A pair of 

 Shovelers and about fifty Bar-tailed Godwits. [16th. A pair of 

 Shovelers, A. P.] 



Mr. Bird's notes continued: — May 1st. An Osprey seen at 

 Potter Heigham. 10th. Fifteen Ruffs and Reeves seen ; Pied 

 Flycatcher at Runton. 26th. Three Cormorants. Cormorants 

 have been rather common, but I have only heard of one Shag. 



June. 

 Mr. Jary's Breydon diary continued : — June 4th. N.E., strong. 

 Twelve Spoonbills came to-day, and left again in less than two 

 hours' time. 7th. W. Another Spoonbill and six Cormorants. 

 9th. S.W. Spoonbills gone. 11th. W. Two more Spoonbills. 

 13th. S.W. Spoonbills left to-day. 15th. S.W. Another 

 Spoonbill. 18th. N.W. Spoonbill gone. 27th. N.E. Another 

 Spoonbill came to-day, and went away again. 



