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Hooded Crow, Red-throated Diver, Little Grebe, Puffin, Guillemot, 

 Razorbill, and Black-backed Gull. In a field a few miles inland 

 Mr. R. Garney saw a Black-headed Gull much stained, but still 

 able to fly. Two Razorbills t which were given to me were 

 saturated, as were I believe two Little Auks which fell victims 

 at Blakenny (H. Pashley). 



November. 



6th. — E., 2. A couple of Ruddy Shelducks passed Mr. J. 

 Vincent when at no great distance from the coast, flying due 

 east. His attention was first attracted by the noise they were 

 making, but as he watched them they kept rising higher and 

 higher until lost to sight. 



A Ruddy Shelduck, in all probability one of this pair, was 

 shot on the 8th somewhere between Ludham and Yarmouth 

 (E. T. Roberts), and another in the same neighbourhood on the 

 16th (E. C. Saunders). 



10th. — Mr. Saunders received from Potter-Heigham a Black- 

 breasted Dipper, t not showing any tinge of chestnut, and 

 a Rough-legged Buzzard from Filby ; and another about this 

 time was shot at Snettisham. 



Mr. Bird reports a Grey Shrike on Crostwick Common, where 

 it had spiked a Sparrow. 



12th. — A Little Auk t picked up at Northrepps under some- 

 what curious circumstances. A woman, whose chimney is used 

 as the support of a telephone, heard the wire vibrate at about 

 4 p.m., and on going into her back yard some time afterwards, 

 found there a Little Auk, which appeared, from a mark on its 

 neck, to have struck the wire. This is not far from where one 

 flew in at the open wicket of a stable a few years ago and was 

 found by my gardener in a loose box. Is it possible that the 

 Auks mistake the buildings for rocks in such cases ? 



15th. — A Little Auk f in a ditch near Keswick (H. Halls). 

 My coachman succeeded in keeping it alive for a week. When 

 swimming, if looked at from above, the white spot on the upper 

 eyelid, which at other times is hidden, showed conspicuously, if 

 the bird was excited. In illustrations this spot is generally shown 

 when the bird is at rest, which is incorrect. In addition to these, 

 I heard from Mr. Bird of one at Neatishead, besides which no 



