112 THE ZOOLOGIST. 
with a guard of about a hundred large Gulls on the uncovered 
mud, head to wind, the Gulls sitting, the Spoonbill standing with 
beak snugly tucked away into its scapular feathers. It permitted 
an approach to within seventy yards, and then flew, stretching its 
legs out behind with its long neck extended in front. The watcher 
says it remained on Breydon Broad until the 31st, when for 
security he drove it away, but in a few days, apparently liking its 
old quarters, it returned with two companions. On the north or 
Norfolk side of the broad the close time ends on Aug. Ist, but on 
the Suffolk side it lasts till the end of the month, so there a 
Spoonbill is, or ought to be, safe for some time. 
20th.—A young Short-eared Owl shot at Horning, which had 
not quite lost the down (T. Southwell)—perhaps from the nest 
which was reported in May at Hickling. 
21st.—A Green-backed Porphyrio, female, shot at Barton 
Broad (T. E. Gunn). 
31st.—Spoonbill seen on Breydon (Patterson). 
AUGUST. 
3rd.—Another Porphyrio at Barton, as I am informed by Mr. 
W. Lowne, who received it, and perceived signs of confinement, 
of which more presently. 
13th.—A Great Skua seen at Cley by Mr. Pashley, who also 
reported some Manx Shearwaters, and two young Buffon’s Skuas. 
18th.—Spoonbill seen at Cley by Mr. Barclay, and about this 
time one at Kessingland (T. Southwell). Pectoral Sandpiper shot 
on Breydon (Zool. ante, p. 25). 
27th.—An adult female Barred Warbler shot by the Rev. 
Henry Slater as it dodged out of a bush on one of the sandhills 
on our coast (‘ Ibis,’ 1898, p. 148). There can be little doubt — 
that this is a species which is moving westward, and will become 
commoner. 
30th.—A Richardson’s Skua with white carpal joints and 
edgings to the elbow of the wing, the chin and patch on the 
belly also white, brought to Mr. Pashley. Probably the first of 
this albinic variety which has been obtained in Norfolk—an in- 
teresting bird wherever killed. 
