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egg, as shown in Mr. Philip Hamond's photograph. Mr. Hamond 

 thinks there are not half as many Lesser Terns breeding here as 

 at Blakeney, but more Common Terns. Mr. Napier thinks the 

 latter have decreased at Wells, because during the last few 

 seasons so many young ones of the first hatch have perished 

 owing to inclement weather. I cannot hazard a guess as to 

 how many nests there were, but Mr. Hamond counted one 

 hundred and seventy on the beach (cf. illustration on opposite 

 page). 



10th.— Bearded Tit's nest with five young ones at Hoveton 

 (Barclay). 



11th. — Mr. B. Vincent, who is familiar with all our Broad- 

 land birds, writes to the Bev. M. C. Bird of his having seen a 

 flock of about twenty Sand-Grouse on this day, " chattering as 

 they flew over him." [Whether or not this identification was 

 correct, there seems no doubt that six were seen in East Lothian 

 at the end of May (' Field,' June 2nd, 1906). In July some more 

 were reported to Mr. T. W. Nelson in Yorkshire, and two in 

 Holland, on August 23rd at Scheveningen, to Mr. Blaauw, but 

 in neither case were any killed. The loud " kutt-kutt " of Sand- 

 Grouse as they fly in is sure to attract attention, the only similar 

 note — and that hardly a comparable one — being the " teerp, 

 teerp " of a flock of Bee-eaters.] 



14th. — Expedition of the Naturalists' Society to Merton and 

 Thompson Lake, where the members saw about twelve Tufted 

 Ducks, t evidently breeding. 



15th. — Four Grey Plovers, one of them in fine summer 

 plumage, seen at Wells by Mr. Philip Hamond. 



17th. — Ten Sand-Grouse seen by Mr. D. Annison at Somer- 

 ton, as I am informed by Mr. Bird, probably a part of the same 

 flock seen on the 11th ; and Mr. Annison, being familiar with 

 them in 1888, was qualified to identify them again. A Hooded 

 Crow seen by Mr. Patterson, and a few days afterwards (20th) 

 no fewer than ten were seen on Yarmouth north denes by Mr. 

 J. E. Knights. 



18th. — Black Tern on Breydon Broad (Jary). 



21st. — Another Grey Plover at Morston (P. Hamond), and 

 many Sheld-Ducks and several Turnstones. 



24th. — Oystercatcher's nest at Blakeney, three eggs, examined 



