ORNITHOLOGICAL REPORT FOR NORFOLK. 135 
SEPTEMBER. 
13th.—Pomatorhine Skua at Cley (C. Borrer), the only one 
reported this year; it was following some Sandwich Terns, and 
was not shot. As usual, there were a good many Richardgon’s 
Skuas on this part of the coast, where they are enticed by the 
Terns. 
15th.—Red-necked Phalarope at Yarmouth (F. Chasen). 
23rd. — Mr. N. Tracey saw a Grey Phalarope at North 
Wootton, where it remained a fortnight, dividing its time be- 
tween two ponds at some distance from one another. It was 
very tame, but was unfortunately eventually caught in a trap 
which had not been intended for it. 
30th.—A severe gale from the north-west, which in the 
evening attained almost to a hurricane (force 9 at Yarmouth, 
force 10 at Spurn Head), was extraordinarily destructive to the 
tops of oak-trees, which it snapped off, owing, it was supposed, 
to brittleness after the prolonged drought, ut the Rev. M. C. H. 
Bird attributed it to the enormous crop of acorns. 
OcTOBER. 
1st.—The next day a Gannet came ashore alive at Lowestoft 
(C. B. Ticehurst), and Mr. Ramm identified three Little Gulls at 
Blakeney, as well as some Grey Phalaropes which had been 
carried out of their course by the violence of the wind. A Fork- 
tailed Petrel was brought to Mr. Pashley, and an Arctic Skua 
was picked up in the Naval Asylum grounds at Yarmouth 
(A. Patterson). 
drd.—N.W., 2. To-day Mr. Bird reports the unusual number 
of seven Land-Rails on Ruston Common; probably this also was 
the effect of the gale. Another Gannet, a young male,+ was 
picked up at Horsey (E. Saunders), and the next day another 
found dying in Lowestoft Harbour (C. B. Ticehurst). They 
certainly are commoner in Norfolk than they used to be. On 
the 16th I saw a young one dead on Cromer Lighthouse hills, 
but it had been defunct a long time. About Sept. 11th Mr. F. 
Richards saw a nice lot at sea. 
 6th.—The night of Oct. 5th was again boisterous, a strong 
gale blowing from the north-east, which at seven o’clock next 
‘Morning was only three points less in its velocity than that of 
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