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by the Duchess of Bedford and Mr. Hamond, the latter of whom 

 also identified three Arctic Terns. It is some years since I have 

 heard of an Oystercatcher's nest on the north side of the " Bar.'' 

 A pair of Greenshanks also remained there during a part of this 

 month. 



July. 



[5th. — The " Pagets' Pochard," which was taken at Saham in 

 1897, and which has been several times mentioned in these 

 pages, died from eating some bread which had been doctored 

 with "Vims" poison for rats. Every year it changed its 

 plumage with great regularity, but it has unfortunately died in 





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Eggs of the Common Tern and Ringed Plover. 



moult, when the characters of its hybridism were not shown at 

 their best.] 



21st. — S., 4. About 5 p.m. a Pelican was seen by the watcher 

 on Breydon Broad, slowly winging its way from the sea. It was 

 soon observed by Mr. Patterson, who made a sketch of it dozing at 

 the edge of Duffell's Drain {cf fig. p. 132). Four hours after arrival 

 it was joined by a Spoonbill, both of them probably impelled by the 

 same wind. It may have escaped from somewhere {cf Zool. 1906, 

 p. 193) , but notices in ' The Zoologist ' and ' Field ' failed to find an 

 owner ; and it had not been turned out on the lakes at Woburn, 

 although I understand from the Duchess of Bedford that the 

 Duke has on previous occasions lost two or three. It took flight 



