110 THE ZOOLOGIST. 
A Dipper seen at Selbrigge Pond, Hempstead, this month by 
Mr. Upcher; the second time only that this species has occurred 
in April. 
May. 
Ist.—Mr. R. Gurney saw five pairs of Shelducks at Cley, and 
also washed-up bodies of a Sclavonian Grebe, a Little Auk, a 
Gannet, and several Puffins, Razorbills, and Guillemots. 
2nd.—T'wo Spoonbills on Breydon (S. Chambers). 
3rd.—Spoonbills still on Breydon, flying from there to 
Hickling (W. Lowne). 
4th.—Thirty Great Crested Grebes on Ormesby Broad (W. 
Lowne). 
6th.—Two Kestrel’s eggs in a hollow alder tree at Hemp- 
stead; from these, though exposed to the sky, the old bird must, 
owing to the depth of the hole, have had considerable difficulty 
in rising. This example is perhaps worthy of being added to 
Mr. W. G. Clarke’s abnormal nesting sites (Zool. 1897, p. 449). 
The eggs were only lying on chips. 
12th.—A small flock of Curlew Sandpipers, some in very 
ruddy dress (H. Slater). 
15th.— A youth of eighteen paddling his canoe on the Yare 
was attacked by a Mute Swan which had a nest: the craft was 
upset, and the canoeist had a narrow escape from drowning. 
19th.—Five young Ray’s Wagtails thrown out of their nest by 
a Cuckoo at Sutton, and about this time some young Pied Wag- 
tails at Keswick were similarly ejected, but no Cuckoo was seen. 
21st.—One Reeve, seen at a former well-known breeding place 
on our principal broad, by Mr. Lee. 
23rd.—Spoonbill on Breydon (Chambers). 
25th.—Perhaps the chief event of the year was the discovery 
this day of a nest of the Common Sandpiper (T'otanus hypoleucus) 
with its four unmistakable eggs. It was found by Mr. Oswin Lee 
under a gooseberry-bush in the garden of an inn by the side of one 
of our broads, where he was photographing. ‘The bird was plainly 
identified. ‘This is a discovery of more than local interest. Cf. 
J. E. Harting, ‘lhe Field,’ April 28th, 1877, though there can 
hardly be a doubt that the Sandpiper has nested in Lincolnshire 
(J. Cordeaux, Zool. 1893, p. 804); with this exception, these are 
the first authenticated eggs in the eastern counties south of the 
