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day and tho day after, wind W.N.W. ; and on the 27th, between 
live and eight am. we had a heavy snowstorm, at the same time 
that several feet of snow stopped railway trafhc in the nortli of 
Scotland but, here, rain set in the same evening and the wind 
shifted once :nore to the S.W. 
The loss in condemned poultry, both in tho London and provin- 
cial markets, through the extreme mildness of tlie weather before 
(diristmas Avas reckoned by tons in the returns supplied to tho 
uoAvspapers. 
Jaxuauy. 
Lernicle Goose. On tho Gth five out of a Hock of sca’cu of 
tlii.s, by no means common, species Avero shot at Horsey. Tlio 
weather Avas exceptionally mild at the time but they had, no 
doubt, like those recorded in February 1879, been driven on to our 
coast during the severe frost earlier in the season. 
Little Grebe. During the late frost a Little Grebe Avas taken 
alive on tho shore at IJlakeney, and another at IVIr. Buxton’s resi- 
dence at Frittou Avas found consorting Avitli the domestic foAvl.^, 
evidently “ hard up ” and frozen out from the Broad. One Xorwich 
birdstuffor had five. 
Gue.at Si'OTTEu WooDBECKEa An adult male AA’as killed at 
Ilolkham about the 30th, and during the month Mr. F. E. Bird 
shot a temale at Winterton decoy. 
M IIITE-FROXTED GoosE. A female, someAvhat small in size but 
Avell barred on the under parts, AA'as shot on Breydon on the 5th. 
Brext Goose variety. 3fr. F. Xorgatc thus describes a singular 
variety of the Brent Goose (a male bird killed by ]\fr. Capps, at 
Blakeney, about the end of January), Avhich ho first saAv on the 27th 
of April, in i\rr. Back's shop, a birdstuffer at Holt. “The plumage 
of the upper and under tail coverts, vent, and cervical ring are 
Avhite, tho breast, head and rpiills are greyish broAvn, the rest of tho 
plumage is A’ery pale broAvnish grey, almost tho colour of Columha 
risoria, the irides (glass) are blackish broAvn, legs, toes, chiAA's, AA-ebs, 
beak and nail arc just jiaiuted pinkish red.” Dack assured him he 
had taken pains to colour these parts exactly as they Avere naturally, 
and believed ho had succeeded as near as ho possibly could Avith 
paint. 
