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Knot 23rd, first Grey Plover 24tli, two Knots on the 25th, and 
a Sanderling on the 27th. Common, Arctic, and Lesser Terns 
were very plentiful at this time, both on Breydon and the 
adjoining rivers. 
The above Waders, with Oyster-catchers and Bar-tailed Godwits, 
the latter scarce, were met with throughout August and chief part 
of September. Amongst the rarer species may be noted a Spotted 
Kedshank, shot on the 25th of August, and two others seen about 
that date ; also three Greenshanks. Little Stints must have been 
extraordinarily plentiful, as between the 1st and 17th of September 
I have notes of thirty-four specimens .shot on Breydon or close by, 
and two lemminck’s Stints. Seven Sanderlings were killed 
between the 7th and 11th, and a solitary AVoodcock appeared near 
Yarmouth on the 8th, and a Green Sandpiper on the 4th. Again 
on the 17th, five Bar-tailed Godwits were shot out of a small Hock 
on Breydon, and two Greenshanks on the 22nd : these, and the 
Kentish Plovers, separately mentioned, exhaust my autumnal list. 
On the 2nd of Kovember another Spotted Kedshank was shot on 
Biej'don South AVall, in winter plumage, a very Ked (for time of year) 
Bar-tailed Godwit Avith but one leg on the 5th, and the same day 
a slightly Ked Knot. On the 2nd and 4th very largo flocks of 
Lai)wings Avere seen going Avest at Xorthrepps. A AVood Sandpiper 
Avas killed on the 5th someAvhere in the neighbourhood, and on 
the 19lh a Purple Sandpiper on the beach. 
Ducrs axd Divers. The commencement of 1881 Avas anything 
but a gunner s season, as the intense severity of the frost Avhen 
it did come, and the deep snoAV Avhich, drifted by the gales, 
filled roads and i-ailAvay cuttings in many parts of the county, 
drove foAvl and other birds, migrants and residents alike, to 
the soutliAvard for a time. Aly notes, therefore, under this head 
are but fcAv. 
Sheldrakes seemed to have had a bad time of it, and from the 
localities from Avhich specimens AA'ere sent to our birdstuffers, I 
tear most of those that Avere shot Avere reared on our coast. 
A Scaup Duck Avas killed on the 11th as high up the Kiver 
A arc as ihorpe Gardens and on the 21st a male AA'as picked up, 
exhausted and nearly buried in the suoav, on the top of the 
Gas-house Hill, Borwich. Tavo or three good old males occurred 
