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18th. — Lapland Bunting, already recorded by Mr. Aplin 

 (Zool. 1904, p. 428). 



21st. — E.N.E., 6. Several Wheatears and Mistle-Thrushes 

 on Cromer hills, where few but migrants halt ; wind high. 



22nd.— E.N.E., 5. Swifts still on the coast (T. E. Gunn), 

 and one Red-breasted Flycatcher (Eichards), as well as some 

 more Bluethroats and a Grasshopper- Warbler (Gunn). 



24th. — Lapland Bunting, already recorded, as have been 

 other notes from Hunstanton by Mr. Tuck. 



October. 

 4th. — A Norfolk Plover,t shot at Blakeney (C. Gurney), an 

 unusual bird there, though I have seen plenty of them at Kelling 

 Heath, whence it had probably come. 



10th. — Two Velvet Scoters sent to Mr. Gunn from Wells. 

 12th.— Smew at Catfield (Bird). 



21st. — Black Redstart (female) caught or netted on Yarmouth 

 denes (Lowne). 



November. 



4th. — A Pomatorhine Skua,t well advanced in plumage, the 

 only one reported this year, was caught off the shore, or from a 

 boat, at Hunstanton, on a hook baited with a piece of candle, 

 which the bird must have been hungry to swallow (Roberts). 



5th. — Nine Wild Swans on Foulmere (Clarke), and shortly 

 afterwards (d. u.) three seen at Stratton Strawless. About this 

 time, or later, a Flamingo was seen at Riddlesworth by Prince 

 Duleep Singh and other gentlemen, probably the same which 

 was shot on Nov. 24th at the mouth of the Medway. It may 

 have been a liberated one, but I learn from the Duke of Bedford 

 that it is more than a year since one escaped from Woburn. 



21st. — A falling glass. A large flock of Wild Geese — fore- 

 runners of snow — passed over Norwich city very early in the 

 morning — about 1 a.m. (W. G. Clarke). 



22nd. — Snow in all parts of the county, in consequence of 

 which a flock of Corn-Buntings sought the softer ground in the 

 vicinity of the sea (Patterson), Wild Swans, including a Bewick's 

 Swan, were heard of near Salthouse (C. Gurney), and a few 

 Little Auks and Wild Geese on the coast (Pashley and Saunders) 

 (d. u.). Inland, Greater Spotted Woodpeckers were seen at 

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