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June. 
Osprey. About I ho first week in this month an Osprey was 
shot from the moat surrounding the I fall at Hunstanton, near 
Lynn, not only an unusual locality for this wild species, but an 
unusual date for its appearance. 
More “ Scheduled ” Waders that don't relieve in the Act. 
Threo Spoonbills, all male birds, with good crests and light bully 
tints on the neck, were killed at Yarmouth between the 1st and 
11th of June. 
August. 
Migratory Waders. A Turnstone in full breeding plumage, 
was seen on the 5th by Mr. T. W. Cremor, at his pond at 1 iocs ton, 
and on the 9th he observed at the same spot a Hock consisting of 
one Wood Sandpiper (Totanus ghireoluj, fivo Green Sandpipers 
(T. ochropus), and from forty to fifty Common Sandpipers 
(T. hy pole ucm ). A female. Groenshank, a bird of the year, was 
also shot at a pond at Kackheath, near Norwich, ou the 10th. 
Manx Shearwater. On the 15th an adult male, very fat and 
exhausted, was picked up alive at Shottcsham, quite an inland 
locality. 
Tufted Duck. A young female of this species, evidently a 
bird of the year, was shot on the river at Keswick, near Norwich, 
on the 17th August, and most probably, judging by the date, had 
been bred in this county. 
Magpie. A single bird seen at Northrepps on the 20th. 
Nesting of Swallows and House Martins. The cause of the 
diminished numbers of both these species, of late years, in many 
localities, has been a theme for speculation with various naturalists; 
but so far as our cities and small country towns are concerned, — 
and even villages of any extent and importance as to residents’ 
houses, — one chief cause of disturbance, and even banishment, 
may undoubtedly be traced to the marked alteration in street 
architecture. I have been led to this conclusion by noticing in 
this quaint old city the great difference in the numbers of Swallows 
and Martins during the breeding season, observed in its best 
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