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October. 



5th. — W,, 2. Two Ruddy Sheld-Ducks shot on Breydon 

 Broad (E. Saunders), but these may have been escaped birds. 



13th. — Green-backed Porphyriot at Barton Broad ; this also 

 may have been an escaped example. Black Redstart at Wells 

 (S. H. Long). 



23rd. — W., 2. About a hundred Redwings came in from the 

 sea at Overstrand. Aquatic Warbler at Cley (' British Birds,' 

 p. 220). 



26th. — W., 1. — I learn from Mrs. Fowler that quite early in 

 the morning an unmistakable Nutcracker was sitting on the roof 

 of Gunton Hall, which is less than a mile from the sea. No 

 attempt was made to shoot it, and it presently flew away, but in 

 the afternoon was again seen being chased by a Goldfinch. This 

 is in the same parish, and close to the spot where a Nutcracker 

 was seen by Miss Fowler on Nov. 26th, 1907. Another occurred 

 at Gorleston, which is close by, in October, 1864, and another at 

 Somerleyton ; so this neighbourhood has been favoured. 



31st. — Six Snow-Geese, as I am informed by Mr. Pashley, 

 were seen on the coast ; these probably belonged to the Duchess 

 of Bedford. 



November. 



1st. — A Glossy Ibis on Filby Broad, and another, on Dec. 2nd, 

 near Burgh Castle (E. C. Saunders). The wind on Oct. 31st was 

 N.W., 4, but I believe one, if not both, of the Ibises had been 

 seen before that date. 



3rd. — Mr. Patterson saw two Little Auks on the wing passing 

 Yarmouth. 



6th. — Great Rush of Birds. — At 7 a.m. the wind was N.E. at 

 Great Yarmouth, and S.E. at Mundesley, but very light at both 

 places. Whether the great rush of the autumn had been going 

 on all day, or whether, indeed, it began on Nov. 5th, is not 

 known, for it was only in part witnessed by two naturalists, Mr. 

 B. B. Riviere and Mr. Sydney Long, who fortunately happened 

 to be at Hunstanton, which is situated on the most rounded part 

 of the Norfolk coast, and a favourable place for observation. 

 From Mr. Riviere I learn the following particulars : From 6 p.m. 

 on the evening of Nov. 6th, when the wind was veering to the 

 south, but soft, until 11 p.m., when he and his friend retired to 

 rest, great numbers of birds were following the coast-line at 



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