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with yellow, but in one which I once had alive this was reversed, 

 it being the inner circle of the iris which was yellow. 



March. 



4th. — A Sea Eagle seen at Fritton Lake, near Yarmouth, by 

 Mr. Buxton, flying rather low against a south-west gale ; nothing 

 more was heard of it. Sand-Martin at Foulmere (H. Halls). 



11th. — W.S.W., 3. The customary departure of Eooks and 

 Hooded Crows was marked at different places on the coast by 

 Mr. F. C. Cook ('Zoologist,' p. 373), the Eev. M. C. Bird, and 

 Mr. Burdett. 



23rd. — S.S.W., 4. At about half-past five in the evening 

 Mr. W. Burdett, gardener, was surprised to discover no fewer 

 than sixty Pied Wagtails which had settled for the night on a 

 comparatively short length of wire-netting used for covering fruit 

 in a small garden, about a mile from the sea. These Wagtails 

 are not only highly migratory, but more gregarious than authors 

 have hitherto noticed. As early as February 22nd Mr. F. C. 

 Cook saw over forty, evidently migrating (' Zoologist,' p. 373) ; 

 these also were near the sea, and a movement was also noticed 

 at Brunstead by Mr. Bird on March 11th. 



April. 

 7th. — A Gannett caught alive off Sheringham (Sir Digby 

 Pigott), and on the 12th another t also was taken alive at Over- 



l. 2. 3. 



1. Under side. 2. Upper side. 3. Side view. 



strand, both fine adults. A careful search was made in both 

 for the singular Mite which inhabits the Gannet's large sub- 

 cutaneous air-cells. This creature, which, though small, is 

 easily discernible with the naked eye, was first described by 



