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Bramblings, Siskins, and Redpolls. The severe weather 
towards the end of the month did not bring us the usual flocks of 
Bramblings, and it was not till the A 1st that I could get a cock 
bird for my aviary, though they were plentiful enough after 
Christmas. Siskins were numerous, but I have heard of no Mealy 
Redpolls this Winter. 
White-eyed Pochard. A bird of this species, shot at 
Yarmouth towards the end of December, is the only duck worth 
special notice that I have heard of on our coast this winter. 
Purple Heron. An immature bird of this species was, 1 am 
informed, shot in the neighbourhood of Yarmouth, and brought 
to a game dealer in that town between the 14th and 21st of 
December. 
Raptorial Migrants. On the 11th of May a female Hobby, 
assuming adult plumage, probably a bird of 1877, was shot at 
Northrepps ; and another was seen in the same locality on the 
15th. A Honey Buzzard was seen on the 25th of September in 
the “Cottage Wood” at Northrepps. An immature Peregrine was 
killed at Shotoshain on the 9th of November, and a fine adult 
male in the same locality on the 30th, on which Jate a Hen 
Harrier, female, was also brought into Norwich. A Merlin was 
shot at Knapton, near Cromer, about the 24th. On the 10th of 
December a Buzzard was seen at Northrepps (mobbed by Kooks), 
but not near enough to ascertain the species. One of the many 
so-called “ Golden Eagles,” but only A. albiciUa in immature 
plumage, was shot at Frit ton, near Lowestoft, about the end of 
December, and being but slightly wounded was captured and 
placed in the Yarmouth Aquarium, where I believe it still remains. 
Another was said to have been seen at the time on the same water, 
attracted as usual by the fowl frequenting the Fritton Decoy. 
This bird, as a “ Scotch ” Eagle and a “ Golden ” Eagle, was 
recorded in various London Journals. During the severe weather 
towards the close of December, two Hen Harriers are said to have 
been shot off a tree near Yarmouth, and a Marsh Harrier and a 
Merlin were killed in the same neighbourhood. A Short-eared 
Owl was shot in Feltwcll Fen on the 2nd of September, as 
recorded by Mr. F. Doggett in ‘ The Field.’ 
