22 
June 13. A stoat killed, with white on its shoulders and the 
upper part of the neck. 23 
1839. June 12. A foolish guillemot’s egg found on Cromer 
beach, and another the following day. 24 
1856. Nov. A white woodcock shot at Baconsthorpe. 
The initials attached to the notes are those of the following local authorities — 
John Henry Gurney, John Lowe, M.D., Henry Stevenson, and Thomas Southwell. 
1 I possess a coloured drawing, made by Miss Gurney, of this specimen, 
which is, as was to be expected, in winter, or perhaps female plumage ; this 
is an earlier occurrence than any of those recorded from Norfolk, in Steven- 
son’s “ Birds of Norfolk,” vol. ii, p. 43. — J. II. G. 
2 Ray’s bream. (Brama rail. Bl.) Only two other Norfolk specimens 
have been noted, both of which were taken at Yarmouth, though a few others 
are believed to have occurred. — J. L. Miss Gurney made an accurate 
coloured sketch of this fish, which was a full-sized specimen. —J. H. G. 
3 There is nothing here to indicate the species, probably it was Balcenop- 
tera musculus, Lin. ( Physalus antiquorum of Gray,) the species which 
occurs most frequently on the British coast. The specimen mentioned Dec. 
23rd, 1829, was doubtless Baloenoptera rostrata (Fab.) as indicated by its 
small size and white baleen. Both these specimens are mentioned in a note 
to Wilkin’s edition of Sir Thomas Browne’s Works, at p. 324, vol. iii. — T. S. 
4 The appearance of the osprey on our coast in June is unusual, but 
other instances have been known of late years. — H. S. 
5 Sea eaqle. The frequent record, by Miss Gurney, of sea eagles seen, or 
shot, on the coast, during the winter months, shows the regularity of the 
movements of this species, as proved by more recent observations, the young 
birds only visiting the Eastern counties. The recorded appearance of one on 
Aug. 7th, 1831, is so unusual, that I should almost suppose the bird seen to 
have been an osprey. — H. S. 
6 The notice of a crossbill’s nest at Sherringham, in April, 1829, 
is, on such authority, an important fact, as the appearance of these birds in 
Norfolk, during the summer months, has long suggested the probability of 
their nesting, at least occasionally, in our extensive fir woods, though I know 
of no other record of the kind. In the north of Europe these birds breed 
early, and those occasionally seen here in June and July, a e quite likely to 
be old and young already passing south after the breeding season, but April 
would scarcely be too late for a nest in this county.— H. S. 
7 Probably a cetacean, and one of the Delphinidce is here referred to, as 
the mode of taking its prey is not that of the shark. Possibly Delpliinus 
tursio (Fab.) — T. S. 
3 The notes on the arrival and departure of migratory species, the 
assembly of Kentish crows on the coast, in April, prior to their north- 
