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LIST OF NORFOLK BIRDS. 
being occasionally seized close to the cottage of their owner; 
Sir Thomas Browne asserts that even the young of the Otter 
was sometimes found in their nests. — S. 
17. IIen-Harrier {^Circus cyaneus). 
The Hen-Harrier is not at all rare in Norfolk as a migrant, 
though old grey males have always been considered scarce. It 
certainly is not as partial to the Broad district as Montagu’s 
Harrier ; the last nest said to have been taken, was at Hickling, 
in July, 1870 (‘Zoologist,’ 1870, p. 23G5), but from enquiries 
we have made there is great reason for thinking it was a 
^Montagu’s Harrier. 
18. Montagu’s Harrier {Circus cineraceus). 
More frequently met with than either of the above species ; 
scarcely a year passes without one or more nests being found ; but 
it is probable that few birds escape alive, and still fewer succeed in 
rearing a brood. — S. 
19. Tawny Owl {Sirix aluco). 
This species is generally distributed, but is now becoming very 
rare, in comparison with what it formerly -was. 
20. Tengmalm’s Owl {Nyctala tengmahni). 
A Tengmahu’s Owl was caught at Beachamwell in January, 1849 ; 
another w'as killed at Burlingham in April, 1857 ; and a third was 
caught alive at Cromer lighthouse in October, 1881. 
21. Long-eared Owl {Asia otus). 
A resident, commonest in autumn, at -which season our home- 
bred birds go south, and their place appears to bo supplied by 
others. Professor Newton believes that the adults are resident 
(Newton in litt .). — G. 
22. Short-eared Owl {Asia accipitrimts). 
This species formerly nested in some numbers in various suitable 
localities in this county. In June, 1829, Mr. Eobert Eising records, 
in one of his manuscript notes, that several nests -were found at 
Horsey, and twenty-eight of the birds killed by the gamekeepers. 
For a time it seemed to have deserted us in the breeding season ; 
but of late years it lias again appeared in some of its old haunts. 
