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informed by Miss Turner that in 1912 a pair nested and had 

 eggs at Hickling, but being disturbed, forsook their nest. Mr. 

 Eiviere says there have been three Pochards on Eockland Broad 

 nearly all the summer, and earlier in the season on another 

 large Broad he identified three Garganey Teal. 



August. 



6th. — A Green Sandpiper t received by Mr. Roberts, and on 

 the 10th there were four t together at Intwood stream, a part of 

 which had been emptied of water for the removal of mud, and 

 on the 15th another at the same place. This is called " fyeing 

 out " a stream in Norfolk, and it is extraordinary how quickly 

 these Sandpipers find out when this operation has taken place, 

 leaving exposed what is to them a rich feeding ground, which 

 possibly they discover by a sense of smell, an organ much more 

 acute in birds than is generally supposed. During the present 

 summer a pair of Green Sandpipers have been continually seen 

 on a large pond at Hanworth (G. Davey), where in September 

 they were joined by three more, which, from their lighter tints, 

 Colonel Barclay judged to be young ones. The odd thing is that 

 these Sandpipers are also here in the depth of winter ; at which 

 season I have repeatedly seen single Green Sandpipers in 

 December and January. 



29th. — The Grey Wagtail t arrived, before its usual time; 



this species is said to have bred in Suffolk (' The Field,' October 



1st, 1910). 



September. 



1st. — Two young Arctic Terns + shot at Yarmouth (F. Chasen). 



2nd. — September Migration. At 4 a.m., and probably much 

 earlier, migration was in swing with a gentle wind from the 

 north-east, for although it was still too dark to discern the 

 feathered travellers, Mr. F. Chasen could recognize the calls of 

 Dunlin, Ringed Plovers, Terns, Curlews, Oystercatcher (1), 

 Sandpiper, and Turnstone, possibly attracted by the still burning 

 lights of Yarmouth. At Cromer, where the wind was S.E., 2, 

 at 2 o'clock and E. at 7 p.m., several migrants were noted by 

 different people. So were others by Mr. E. C. Arnold at 

 Blakeney, where the wind was the same as at Yarmouth, viz., 

 N.E., 2, and these included the rare Barred Warbler. Another 



