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24th. — S., 1. An adult male Ked-breasted Flycatcher! — a 

 species which was added to the county list in 1890 — in excep- 

 tionally rich plumage, was detected perched on a smack anchored 

 inside the bar, the same ship, I am told, that the Desert Wheat- 

 ear alighted upon last year, and, having afterwards the im- 

 prudence to fly to shore, was presently shot, as recorded by 

 Mr. F. J. Kichards in ' British Birds ' (p. 200). Another Yellow- 

 browed Warbler was identified by a reliable observer, and 

 among other birds seen were several Bluethroats, two Siskins, 

 one Wryneck, one or two Blackcaps, some Garden-Warblers, a 

 few King-Ouzels, a good many Pied Flycatchers, and hundreds 

 of Common Redstarts. The Redstarts were especially numerous 

 over about four miles of coast, and a good many spread much 

 further (Sir D. Pigott) ; for three days their numbers had abated 

 but very little. 



25th. — No wind at all ; looked out at 5.30 a.m., 7.30 a.m., 

 and 9.30 a.m. ; no migrants visible ; distance from the sea one 

 mile. Another Red-breasted Flycatcher in the salt-wort bushes, 

 and more Bluethroats met with (Richards). Spotted Crakes 

 reported from Breydon (B. Dye) and Ruston (Bird). A Willow- 

 Warbler shot at Cley (date unnoted) is assigned by Mr. C. B. 

 Ticehurst and Mr. H. F. Witherby to the northern race, Phyllo- 

 scopus trochilus eversmanni. 



26th. — W., 1, very fine. Two or three small parties of Sand- 

 wich Ternsf at no great distance from the beach, apparently in 

 pursuit of sand-eels. A good many Wheatears and Redstarts, 

 but no Bluethroats. We also saw six or seven Gannets,t all of 

 them immature, being probably from three to four months 

 old, which repeatedly plunged from a good height into the sea 

 for fish. 



28th. — S., 3, cold. A Swift seen on the salt-marshes by 

 Mr. T. E. Gunn, and another by Mr. Pinchin, and a third at 

 Wells by Mr. Fox, as well as one the day before at Yarmouth by 

 Mr. Knights — all of them very late birds, perhaps to some 

 extent benumbed by cold, and so retarded in their southward 

 flight. The 29th was much warmer, and they probably took 

 advantage of it, as no more were seen. 



30th. — Maximum shade temperature 76*6° (A. Preston). At 

 Yarmouth Mr. Saunders had a Fork-tailed Petrel, and on 



