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paper (Zool. 1902, p. 95), and that also was off a Scotch-fir. On 

 Jan. 31st they were again seen at Northrepps — a little flock 

 of five — but in a different wood from the others, and they were 

 soon on the wing. No more were detected in that parish until 

 March 2nd, when eight were seen by Burdett. "Remarkable as 

 the great irruption has been, the most interesting fact connected 

 with it has been the breeding of four pairs at Thetford,* and 

 of seven pairs at Aldeburgh, on the coast of Suffolk (' The 

 Field,' March 5th, 1910), and that they also bred in other parts 

 of Norfolk is highly probable. 



29th. — N.E., 2. Another Spoonbill on Breydon Broad, where 

 it remained until July 8th, and was again seen by the watcher 

 on the 22nd, 29th, and on Aug. 3rd and 8th. 



July. 



15th. — It is seldom a year passes without a visit from an 

 Avocet to Breydon tidal Broad, and accordingly one was seen 

 to-day (G. Jary). The watcher saw it again on the 18th and on 

 the 29th, and on Aug. 3rd, but on the 4th it had gone. On the 

 8th, however, it returned with two more, but he states that they 

 only stayed about two hours, for, it happening to be a very high 

 tide, there were soon no muds left for them to stand upon. 

 Perhaps it was the tide which had already flooded them off their 

 feeding-grounds in Holland. The watcher saw them flying away 

 to the eastward ; wind east, fog coming on. 



25th.— Between the 25th and the 31st an Alpine Swift was 

 identified by Mr. Mussel-White on several occasions ; it was 

 flying up and down the Cromer cliffs, just the same place where 

 one was seen in September, 1890. This species usually follows 

 coast-lines, which is perhaps the reason why it has only been once 

 obtained in Heligoland. 



August. 



3rd. —Mr. Bird put a young Marsh-Harrier up from the sedge 

 adjoining one of the Broads, which he had every reason for 

 believing was a locally bred one. A pair of Montagu's Harriers 

 probably nested at Hockwold Fen, where Mr. Upcher tells me 

 they were seen about during the summer, and two pairs had 

 eggs in East Norfolk, but no young. However, they maintain 

 their hold pretty well, and I was credibly informed of eight 

 * ' British Birds,' iii. pp. 302, 371. 



