MR. w. pycraft’s ornithological notes. 
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from this colony from the lad who had discovered it. Nor should 
it be forgotten, that though the Shearwater prefers to tunnel a 
huri'ow of its own in a sandy or peat soil, yet it can accommodate 
itself, at a pinch, to a cairn among the rocks, nesting, of course, 
in cither case in the dark.* 
IV. 
OKN ITIIOLOGIC AL KOTES 
FKOM THE NEIGHBOUIHIOOD OF YARMOUTH. 
By W. 1’ycraft. 
Read 2 yth November, 1887 . 
WiiiTE-TAiLKD Eagle {IlaluvctuH alhicUla). 
A bird seen ilying over the North Denes in March, 1885, was 
believed to be of this species. 
Osprey (Pandion /laliirefite). 
An adult male was taken in a trap at Somerleyton on May 8 th, 
1884, and on jMay 20th a young male was caught, but I was 
unable to learn the precise locality. 
Barn Owl {Aluco jlammeus). 
In June, 1884, I took a half-grown Rat that had been recently 
swallowed from the stomach of a nestling, and from an adult 
female, shot at Tlirigby, October 8 th, 1887, I took five Mice. 
•According to Saunders’ Yarrell (vol. iv. p. 21) the Man.\ Shearwater 
was abundant on the Calf of ^lan “until a comparatively recent date.” 
But in a letter written to the late ilr. T. C. Heyshani, dated Jardine Hall, 
24th February, 183d, by Sir W. Jardine, the following passage occurs : — 
“ I had almost forgot the Isle of Man. It is nearly nine years since I was 
there. M'e went, as you observe, to seek the Manx Petrel, but were 
unsuccessful. The people said that it had certainly left the Calf several 
years previously, and if any numbers had been there we should not have 
missed them .” — lleysham MSS. 
From internal evidence, Jardine’s visit seems to have been paid in 1827. 
