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Koseate Iern. An ailult male of this rare Tern, now in Lord 
Lilford’s collection, was shot by Mr. G, Hunt, near Hunstanton, on 
the 12 th of J uly. Colonel Irby, who identified the species, informs 
me, that another was seen at the same time, and their peculiar note 
attracted attention. Hitherto this species has been included in the 
Horfolk list, on the authority, only, of the late ]\Ir. Youell, of 
Yarmouth, as cited by the IMessrs. Paget, but no specimen is forth- 
coming to verify that statement. 
Tenacity of life in yoUxNg Hou.se Martins. Under the alxivo 
heading the following particulars are given by Mr. Southwell in the 
‘Zoologi.st’ for 1880 (p. 101 ), and being of local, as well as genci-al, 
interest I quote the main faets as he has stated them. “On the 1st 
of J uly, a bricklayer, in cleaning the gutters round the house of Mr. 
h. JCitton (near the Unthank’s lioad), knocked down a ^fartin’s nest 
which fell to the ground with its contents, three very 3 ’oung birds and 
a nest egg. The remains of the nest and young birds were swept 
away with the rubbish from the gutter and thrown into the bin, 
whore they remained till Sunday morning [ 4 th], when tlie nestlings 
were heard chirping by iMr. Kitton’s children and taken out. The 
children then foil them with sopped bread, which they took readily, 
but (boil on the following morning. Mr. Kitton estimates that 
tlieso young birds lived entirely witliout food and deprived of the 
warmth of the nest and parent bird for si.Kt}'-two hours, and that 
Iroin the time of their violent ejectment from the nest to their 
death, a period of eighty-six hours intervened.” This singular 
incitlent is tlie more remarkable as one usually considers such 
jnirely insect-eating birds as least likely to bear privation, and that 
the combined effects, therefore, of cold and hunger, especially in the 
case of nestlings, would be rapidly fatal. 
XiGiiT-iiERON. An immature specimen in the posse.ssion of 
j\[r. Gurney Buxton was shot by Major Upcher at Panworth, and 
was taken to Mr. Cole to be stuffed, on the 22ud of Jul}’-, but, 
being then in a “ forward " condition, had been killed, no doubt, 
some days before. 
Hooded Crows in Sujimer. Jlr. G. Cresswell, Jun., informed 
Mr. Southwell that a pair of these birds were constantly seen, this 
summer, in the neighbourhood of Wolferton Wood, on the Prince 
