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‘Humber, and the particulars have been communicated to Mr. 
Howard Saunders. Mr. Lee was too familiar with this nest in 
Scotland to require the eggs, which he therefore left to the old 
bird, but we never learnt if they hatched off. Mr. Lee had also 
the chance of watching « pair of Montagu’s Harriers which were 
breeding, and of seeing the grey male hover some seventy feet 
above the marsh where the female was sitting, and then drop prey 
—probably a mouse—which its mate quickly rising caught in the 
air. Another discovery was a Willow Warbler’s nest at Cringle- 
ford, almost five feet from the ground; Mr. Mitchell, however, 
refers to nests in Lancashire at heights of sixteen and fourteen 
feet. Here I ought to mention the abundance of Nightingales, 
which were also recognized by my son in April in Morocco, being 
then on their way to England. Also the finding of a Pied Wag- 
tail’s nest at Cringleford containing two young Cuckoos, and of 
a Spotted Flycatcher’s nest at Braconash, also tenanted by two 
young Cuckoos, one of which ejected the other. 
27th.—The Jackdaws have been uncommonly troublesome, 
taking fourteen young Pheasants from one coop; like Rooks, they 
are always worse in dry weather. 
28th.—Dotterel, female, ‘‘ telegraphed” at Holkam. 
29th.—Spoonbill on Breydon (Patterson). 
JUNE. 
11th.—Hooded Crow seen by Mr. H. M. Wallis. 
14th.—A pair of Tufted Ducks on Wroxham Broad (Wallis). 
23rd.—A Green-backed Porphyrio, male, shot at Martham 
Broad, about two miles from the sea; taken to Mr. E. C. 
Saunders (cf. ‘ The Field,’ 1897, July 8rd). 
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JULY. 
2nd.—About one hundred Redshanks on a mud-ilat near Dut- 
fell’s Road, Breydon, considered by Mr. Patterson to be locally 
bred, the date being too early for migrants. 
3rd.—Another Green-backed Porphyrio, male, shot at Martham 
Broad (Rev. M. Bird; cf. ‘ The Field,’ 1897, Aug. 7th). 
§th.—F ive Shoveller Ducks on Breydon (Chambers). 
12th.—Wind E. At eleven a.m. a Spoonbill appeared on 
_ Breydon, where at four o’clock it was to all appearance asleep, 
