126 THE ZOOLOGIST. 
May. 
3rd.—One of the unpinioned Gannets on my ponds escaped 
in a high wind, and as all inquiries failed to learn its where- 
abouts, there can be little doubt that it succeeded in reaching 
the sea. 
4th.—Hoopoe seen at Lammas by Mr. Walter Rye. 
8th.—S.W. A handsome Pied Flycatchert+ in the garden at 
Northrepps, and another Spoonbill on Breydon Broad, where on 
the following day it was seen by Mr. Jary to have been joined by 
a mate. 
11th.—One of the Spoonbiils seen by Mr. Farman as high 
up the River Waveney as Haddiscoe, where fortunately no one 
was tempted to break the law by shooting it. Sketches of it in 
various attitudes were taken by Mr. Patterson, and exhibited at a 
meeting of the Norwich Naturalists’ Society. 
13th.—My nephew tells me of there again being an Oyster- 
catcher’s nest with four eggs at Blakeney, the site chosen being 
within forty yards of the nest examined last year by the Duchess 
of Bedford, and no doubt the property of the same pair of birds. 
In the absence of the watcher the eggs were taken (p.u.), but the 
depredator was found out, prosecuted, and fined. The photo- 
oraph of the eggs had been done by Mr. Edward Corder before 
this happened, but I doubt their being in the position in which 
the Oystercatcher left them. (See illustration on opposite 
page.) 
15th.—A large “‘trip”’ of thirty Dotterel on the grass-lands 
indicated to Mr. Pashley the usual passage of these handsome 
spring Plovers, and a day or two afterwards Mr. Dack saw 
another on Kelling Heath, besides which a “‘trip” of ten were 
seen near Yarmouth (EK. Saunders). 
25th.—A Gannet taken in a Mackerel-net at sea, and brought 
by the captor to Mr. Patterson, is in the adult plumage except 
for the two middle tail-feathers, which are black, and there is 
also a little black on the posterior secondaries. Hye white, and 
round the eye the usual circle of blue skin. Placed on my pond 
this bird remained there in excellent health for seven months, 
and then died from a slightly salt Herring given when no fresh 
fish was obtainable. 
