122 
rnoM Dec. 21st to Dec. 28th. 
Full Snipe 
207 
Owls 
7 
Jack Snipe 
6 
Grebes 
13 
Woodcocks 
11 
Herons 
7 
Green and Golden Plover 
100 
Teal 
37 
Waterhens 
57 
Golden-eyes, etc 
73 
Coots 
17 
Duck and Mallard (87 
Water-Rails 
14 
from Decoy) 
, 197 
Land-Rails 
1 
— 
Stints 
360 
1107 
From December 14th to December 21st ... 1600 
From December 21st to December 2Stli ... 1107 
2707 
With reference to some of the entries in the above lists, Mr. 
Beilin kindly procured for me the following particulars : — 
The twenty-two Grebes, with the exception of two or three 
Dabchicks, and the one Eared Grebe, were I regret to say, of the 
Great Crested species. The Eared (probably Sclavonian) was 
purchased by a gentleman who took it to Cambridge. The 
Golden-eyes were almost all Tufted Ducks, a common name for 
that sjDccies in ETorfolk. Of the true Golden-eye [Fuligula 
dangula), Mr. Beilin informs me he saw but one or two 
specimens all the Avinter. As Duck and Mallard, as Avell as Teal, 
are separately mentioned, the rest of the fowl consisted, no doubt, 
of Widgeon, Avith a feAV Pochards, (rarely, from their diving habits 
taken in decoys) both of Avhich, in Norfolk, come under the denomi- 
nation of “ half fowl.” 
The small number of Jack Snipes as compared Avith Full Snipes 
is noticeable in both lists, but at the earlier period they Avould 
seem to have been most abundant. One Land-Eail is specially 
mentioned, and the tAvo Bails entered sejAarately in the list from 
December 14th to the 21st, Avere probably Spotted Bails or 
Crakes ; and the much smaller number of Coots than Waterhens 
Avould indicate that the former, as is usual in sharp Aveather, had 
left the Broads for more southern quarters, or the salt marshes 
north of Yarmouth. 
