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1)uHeve<l that for two or tliree seasons the same pair liavo nested 
lower down, at the extremity of a rabl»it’s burrow. 
Ihc following interesting note, confirmatory of the migratory 
habits of the kingfisher, has been sent me by Mr. J. li. Gurney. 
‘ About the 1 3th of September several were observed on tlie beach 
at Llakeney, and on the 14tli, a single bird was seen flying by the 
edge of tlie waves at Cromer, which perched on a breakwater.” 
Our Inrd stulfers received several specimens at that time, and in 
the two following months. 
Gu.\y^ rjiALAROPE {Phalaropus lohatus.) I am indebted to 
Mr. J. E. Halting lor one of the most interesting siKJcimens of 
this bird m my collection, fi-oni the intermediate state of its jdii- 
mage, jiartly summer and winter. The date of its appearance, on 
the 12th of Septemlier, is unusually early, and that it was a cliance 
straggler seems probable from its lieing (piite alone, swimming 
about in a small “plash” of water on the Jiuydon “ flats,” ami 
tliat no others have since come to my notice. As usual, it showed 
no a])prehension of danger when a]iproached. I have never .seen 
an example of this species, killed in IS'orfolk, with so much of the 
summer plumage still remaining. 
OspuEY {Pandion halicrefus.) A young male killetl on the 
13th ot September, at Potter Ileigham, near Yarmouth, was sent 
me on the following day, and was, I fear, the same bird which had 
been seen at Panworth, and one or two neighbouring localities 
during the previous week, caiTying off fish from the broad waters. 
Early appearaxce of the Fieldfare {Turdus pilaris.) 
^lajor Irby sent me, in the flesh, on the 20th of September, a 
fieldfare shot by himself on the 17th. This early arrival shoU 
no mark of immaturity, and from the appearance' of the bieast- 
bone, it was in all probability a last year’s bird. Jlr. Irby also 
informs me that he saw two at Boyland about the 7th of June 
but could find no nest. ’ 
Cran-e {Crus ciuerea.) I am indebted to Mr. S. K. Gayford, 
of East Wretham, for the following particulars respecting a crane 
killed on a farm in his occupation on Mr. Birch’s estate. The 
presence of some such bird in the neighbourhood was first indicated 
by the appearance of footmarks on some arable land, quite a month 
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