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of Grebes' nests were taken this summer by Mr. Barclay : — First 

 nest (three eggs) : air temperature, 59° ; water temperature, 61° ; 

 nest temperature, 65'5°. Second nest : air temperature, 58° ; 

 water temperature, 61° ; nest temperature, 62°. 



8th. — Purple Heront (immature) shot at Barton, where there 

 is a broad (E. C. Saunders). It proved to be a male. 



9th. — Garganeyt (male) shot at Hoveton Broad (Barclay). 



15th. — W. to S.W., 4. Spoonbill on Breydon ; seen again 

 on the 17th, 18th, and 20th (Patterson). This or another was 

 subsequently shot at Aldeburgh, in Suffolk, where I learn from 

 Mr. Clarke of five being seen (d. u.). 



20th. — A Flamingo, with a fractured leg but perfect wings, 

 captured near Dereham, was kept alive for a few days by 

 Mr. Dillistone (W. G. Clarke). 



21st. — Little Gull and Black Tern on Breydon Broad 

 (Jary). 



22nd. — Saw a Bearded Tit in its peculiar first plumage, and 

 heard several others, which my companion imitated, as they will 

 sometimes answer to a call. 



23rd. — Another Flamingo, which, as already announced 

 (Zool. 1906, p. 393), had been previously seen in Suffolk, shot 

 on Morston sands. A third was reported later in the ' Aldeburgh 

 Times' on the Woodbridge Eiver, and yet another on the coast 

 of Holland, where also one was shot in November (' Field,' 

 Dec. 15th, 1906). It is possible that all these had escaped from 

 the lakes at Woburn, where the Duchess of Bedford informs 

 me the Duke turned out some full-winged Flamingoes during 

 the summer, which the great heat at the end of August may 

 have driven to the coast. One, if not more, was known to have 

 flown away from Woburn. Baron van Schauburg also informs 

 me of one having been lost from Lady Dunleath's park in 

 Ireland. If turned-out birds were ringed on the leg, with the 

 owner's initials stamped on the ring, their identity would be, 

 comparatively, easily established. White metal interlocking 

 rings can be made of any size to fit birds' legs. 



30th. — Thousands of birds of all sorts on Breydon Broad, but 

 the close-time ends to-morrow (Jary), when there will be plenty 

 of gunners after them. 



