April. 
Curious Capture of a pair of Kestrels. The Rev. Dr. 
Goodacre, of Wilby Rectory, in this county, informed Mr. Southwell 
that a pair of Kestrels which usually frequented the tower of the 
church were captured on the morning of the 1st of April (an 
ominous date for them), under the following singular cir- 
cumstances : — When picked up in the churchyard both birds were 
found to have their wings frozen to their body-feathers, occasioned, 
I presume, by the drifting snow of the night before having pene- 
trated into their roosting-placo in the belfry, and so wetted their 
plumage that the sharp frost in the early morning fairly pinioned 
them, and on attempting to lly they fell to the foot of the tower, 
whero they were secured and placed in a cage. 
Supposed Golden Orioles. The Rev. II. T. Frcre, writing in 
June, informed mo that a basket maker at Diss had seen two birds 
in an osier carr at I’algrave (an adjacent village) which, from his 
description, were probably Golden Orioles. They flew up into an 
ash-treo as he entered the carr, were not at all wild, and their 
whistling notes resembled, ho said, the tri-syllable note with which 
Mr. Frere tried to imitate the whistle of an Oriole. He described 
them as “like a Mavis, only yellow.” They were still in the same 
place when ho went back to the carr, about half an hour later, but 
were not seen after that date. This appears to have been about 
the end of April. 
Savi’s Warbler. Mr. Frere also states that about the 27th of 
April, when walking with his wife near a small osier-bed in his 
neighbourhood, they recognized the note of this species, with 
which they are both familiar, and after watching a few minutes 
they saw a bird Hit along a ditch overgrown with thick herbage 
and settle within ten yards of them, where its Xightingale-like 
plumage, size, and form, confirmed their first impression. Though 
looked for several times after it was not seen again. 
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker. An adult male of this species 
was shot on the 5th at Heydon, where a Great Spotted Wood- 
pecker was also killed on the 23rd of March. 
