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but Yarmouth did not share in this visitation to the same extent 

 as Blakeney and Wells in north Norfolk. 



Fratercula arctica. Puffin. — R. R. Not a common bird on 

 the Norfolk coast. "Some have been seen by Mr. Southwell on 

 Yarmouth Roads in summer. . . . They are not (however) 

 nearly so common as might be expected," considering the near- 

 ness of Flamborough Head, a favourite nesting-place of the 

 species (Norf. and Nor. Nat. Soc. vol. iv. p. 415). I have rarely 

 picked up dead examples on the beach. Local, " Sea-parrot." 



Colymbus glacialis. Great Northern Diver.— R. R. Messrs. 

 Paget observe that specimens of this bird were "occasionally shot 

 on Breydon; the young bird is more common." This description 

 holds good to-day, but it is always scarce, and the adult in summer 

 plumage has never been obtained in Norfolk. 



C. adamsi. White-billed Diver. — A. An example in 

 winter plumage obtained at Lowestoft in 1852. Mr. E. T. 

 Booth shot a specimen on Hickling Broad in December, 1872 

 (Norf. and Nor. Nat. Soc). 



C. arcticus. Black-throated Diver. — R. An unusual winter 

 visitor. Three or four recorded for Breydon and neighbourhood, 

 two of them in March, 1871, another in November, 1880. The 

 immature bird may be not seldom mistaken for that of the red- 

 throated species, but is larger, and has a whiter neck. 



C. septentrionalis. Red-throated Diver. — F. C. Our com- 

 monest Diver. Messrs. Paget record it as " common on Brey- 

 don." It is now only occasionally observed there, but is often 

 seen off the beach, generally in late autumn. Mr. E. T. Booth 

 observed hundreds during the last week of October, 1872, in close 

 proximity to the herring-fleet outside the Cross Sands. One 

 with full red throat shot, Sept. 15th, 1897. Local, " Sprat- 

 loon." 



Podicipes cristatus. Great Crested Grebe. — C. At one time 

 this beautiful bird was becoming scarce on the Broads owing to 

 the demand for its breast feathers. It has now, however, once 

 more, thanks to careful preservation, become fairly common. I 

 have observed it in mid-winter off shore, but its return to Fritton 

 Lake is not until March, or when the frost breaks up. In June, 

 1896, one was hooked on Ormesby Broad. 



P. griseigena. Red-necked Grebe. — R. " Three shot ip 



