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the next morning, about 9.30 a.m., in an easterly direction, and 

 four days afterwards was to be seen at Wbitstable (E. M. Pres- 

 land, cf. Zool. 1906, p. 431), where, in spite of being once or 



Pelican on Breydon Broad. 



twice shot at, it remained in safety until Nov. 20th, if not longer, 

 as I learn from Mr. S. Saunders. 



27th. — Black Tern on Hoveton (Barclay) ; adult in change. 



28fch. — Five Common Sandpipers and two Tufted Ducks seen 

 on Hoveton Broad by F. H. Barclay. 



August. 



1st. — A Great Eeed- Warbler (Acrocephalus turdoides) seen at 

 Horning by Mr. Bird. As it was only fifteen yards away, and a 

 good view was obtained of it clinging to some reed, with tail and 

 wings half-spread, he can hardly have been mistaken. Mr. Bird 

 also believes he saw a pair on the Eiver Bure in July, 1886, 

 about a mile from where this year's bird was seen. But even 

 this is probably not its first occurrence in Norfolk (cf. Saunders's 

 'Manual of British Birds,' ed. i. p. 75). As it is a fairly com- 

 mon visitor in summer to the North of France, it is singular 

 that it has not been identified more often in England. 



2nd. — A young Great Crested Grebe drowned in a tunnel-net, 

 into which it had squeezed itself through a hole not more than 

 three inches in diameter (Barclay). The following temperatures 



