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tions in this way, were spoilt possibly by the same larvae. Very 

 few birds except the Cuckoo will eat the " woolly bear." 



July. 



4th. — A considerable number of Great Crested Grebes seen 

 on Ormesby Broad by the members of the Yarmouth Naturalists' 

 Society, who are anxious to have them protected. Ormesby and 

 Filby Broads were always a favourite haunt for Grebes, and I 

 have seen a great many sometimes on Fritton lake. 



21st. — A Caspian Tern, watched by Messrs. Patterson, Eldred, 

 and Jary, fishing and plunging vigorously into the shallow water 

 on a part of Breydon called " Rotten-Eye." The next day it 

 was watched again, and was seen to capture an eel, after which, 

 thanks to protection, it passed on. The wind at the time was 

 W.N.W., light, with some fog, and the day before E.N.E., and 

 the evening before that E. It is on this great tidal Broad that 

 most of the British captures of Sterna caspia have taken place, 

 but we have not had one to record since 1862. 



29th. — E., fine. Two Green Sandpipers at Intwood stream 

 (c/. Zool. 1899, p. 122) ; at Hanworth also from two to five have 

 been repeatedly seen during the summer, but as yet no Norfolk 

 naturalist has succeeded in finding a nest. 



30th. — S.E., fine. An Avocet on Breydon Broad (Jary). 



August. 



4th. — My keeper lifted a Partridge off her nest, and, after 

 testing the five eggs to see if they were fertile, put the bird gently 

 back, without her resenting being handled, and the eggs after- 

 wards hatched. Perhaps the Partridge was a hand-reared one, 

 which would in part account for its tameness. I also had a nest 

 in a stack, but, fearing accidents, hatched the eggs under a hen. 

 Partridges are apt to be tiresome on a newly-sown bean-field, for 

 not only do they attack the seed in May, but also eat the young 

 plant when it is about an inch above the ground. 



9th. — W. The Avocet still on Breydon muds, with Curlew, 

 "Whimbrel, Redshanks, Knot, Dunlin, and Ring-Dotterel (Jary). 



12th. — About this date two Garganey Teal were shot near 

 St. Bennet's Abbey, as well as a Shoveler and a Common Teal ; 



