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LIST OF XOKFOLK BIKUS. 
115, Carrion Crow (Corz>us coro/ie). 
Ill spite of game-preserving a good many Carrion Crows still 
exist in Norfolk. In the meadows at Sparham there is a spot 
from which it is, or was, possible to count twelve nests at once. 
Interesting observations have been made in this locality by 
Mr. Norgate (Trans. Norfolk and Norwich Nat. Soc, vol. iii. p. G8 ; 
cf. ‘Zoologist,’ 1881, p. 330). Hound Cromer the bird seems 
quite extinct, but a pair or two still nest near Holt. — G. 
IIG. Hooded Crow {Corvus cornix). 
An abundant winter visitant ; but it has been frequently seen in 
summer, and is supposed to have nested near Lynn ; and at 
Bheringham in 1867 (‘Zoologist,’ 1867, p. 1012). In some years 
numbers may be observed passing over Northrepps and Overstrand 
in March, always going in the same direction — south-east. — G. 
117. Rook {Corvus frugilegus). 
A resident, very abundant and increasing. In autumn some 
come over the sea to us, and it is likely many others visit us from 
Scotland and the north of England at that season. These are 
presumedly the same which make our coast a point of departure in 
March, at which time numbers may often be seen at Cromer going 
south-east, though why they fly in that direction is not clear. On the 
20th of March, 1886, an extraordinary flight was seen at Somerton 
by Mr. G. Hunt going south. He considers that there could never 
for one moment of the day have been less than a thousand in 
sight at one time, I observed similar flights on the same day, 
though in much smaller numbers, at Northrepps : they were 
going with the Avind, Avhich Avas north-Avest. Mr. Smith also 
saAv flocks at Yarmouth j and l\Ir. J. Cordeaux informs me a like 
movement AV'as seen at or about the same date at Heligoland and 
Hanover. — G. 
118. Jackdaw {Corvus monedula). 
A common resident. Some come to us in the autumn, and in 
March they may sometimes be seen folloAving the line of the 
coast soutliAvards Avith Rooks and CroAvs, thougli the opposite 
direction is the one Avhich would be naturally taken at that 
season. — G. 
