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close to the two which the dead Pigeon had been sittin- unon 
June, 1816. ° ’ 
June 21, ears of Wheat just beginning to appear; 29th, began 
to cut Clover. This day three young of the Greater Spotted 
Woodpecker were taken out of a tree, at Gawdy Hall. One of 
the young weighed 2i oz. and half-a-drachni, one 2J oz. and half-a- 
drachm, and one 2 oz. The male, shot at the same time, weighed 
2 oz. 2^ drachms, llio crown of the heads of all the young°was 
scarlet, immediately above the dirty-white forehead, and black 
behind the scarlet; whereas in the full-grown male the scarlet 
13 further back than the black. June 29th, found a Yellow- 
hammer’s nest on the ground, with four eggs in it; it was in 
he ml^ frequently 
July 2nd, went shooting with Mr. Prown, in the marshes 
between Winterton and Horsey. We killed several Ecdshanks 
and found their young. The old birds answered the description 
given in Montagu’s supplement. We also killed the Greater 
{hirundo), Lesser {minnta), and Black Tern {Jissiim)- and 
found an egg said to be that of the latter. We killed also five 
Gulls, agreeing with Montagu’s description of the Black-headed 
Gull, except that the heads of all were of an uniform chestnut- 
brown colour. Wo found their young. We saw a small flock of 
Luffs and Reeves, and killed one of the latter. AYe killed several 
Ring Plovers (C/ia. hiaticula), also some Pewits— likewise several 
young birds which wo are pretty sure are young -AVheatears, but 
could not meet with one old bird. All the above birds breed in 
those marshes, and the greater part of them retire thence as soon 
as the young can fly. AVe were told that a fortnight before there 
had boon a great many more birds than wo found. AVo also killed 
a Purre {Tnnga cindwi)—W\Q lower part of the breast of this bird 
lad larp black spots upon it. AYe saw and shot at an Avosetta, 
which had got young evidently by its continuing to fly round us, 
though shot at It flew with its legs out behind it, and made a 
piping noise. It went several times into the middle of a large pool 
of water, and floated in it, though it did not appear to swim about 
m It much. AYe were told that two pair of them had bred there, 
and tliat throe of them had been shot. AA^e saw a large Gull, 
M'hich looked like the youug of the Great Black-backed Gull ; the 
