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March 21st. A flock of fieldfares seen at Kortlirepps going 
north-east. , 
INfarch 28th. A very large flock of Lapwings, flying high 
towards the west, was seen from Cromer station. 
August. 
Great Crested Grebe. On the 13th, on Wroxham Broad, I 
saw a pair of these birds diving for small fish with which they 
fed their young ones, about three parts grown. At another part 
of the Broad was a single bird whose mate was said to have been 
shot, and this one, towards evening, suddenly rose from the water 
and flew over to the Hoveton side of the river ; its long neck, 
stretched out, giving it much the appearance of a miniature Diver. 
It is very unusual to see this species on the wing except on their 
first return to our Broads and Meres in spring. 
Pochard at SuRLixciiAjr. On the 6th of this month I saAv n 
hen Pochard on “ Bargate,” which allowed a ])retty near approach 
before it rose and flew into a reed-bed. A cock Pochard, winged, 
had been seen on the same water late in spring, and this hen bird 
had probably joined him ; but if they had a nest it must have been 
destroyed in the summer floods. 
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker. I heard of one having been 
billed early in the month at Saxlingbam. The bird was said to 
be chasing a Nuthatch, and both were shot. 
Green-backed Porphvrio. Mr. J. H. Gurney, jun., recorded 
in the ‘Zoologist’ for 1879 (p. 458), the occurrence of another 
bird of this species {Porphyrio smaragdonoius), at Barton, on the 
23rd of Augirst. This makes the fourth example killed in this 
county j but one of these, shot at Hickling, Avas no doubt an 
escaped bird. 
October. 
Shore Larks. Three specimens Avere sent to NorAvich for 
preservation on the IGth, Avhich had been shot at Yarmouth. 
Long-tailed Duck. An immature bird Avas shot at Yarmouth 
on the 20th. 
Little Gull. Mr. J. H. Gurney, jun., received a single 
specimen from Yarmouth about the same date as the incccding. 
