180 mr. a. tatterson’s natural history notes prom Yarmouth. 
rejoining it. Becoming again suspicious, it flew across the flats and 
alighted near my house-boat ; settling to feed in security. 
This, or another, settled in the same locality on the 9th, early in 
the morning. At eventide I saw two in the same spot. Six 
Cormorants on Breydon same date. 
June 11th. A beautiful green-coloured variety of the Ballan 
Wrasse ( Labrus maculatus ) was brought from Winterton in a bucket 
of sea-water, and sold alive on the Wharf. When I called round at 
a local fishmonger’s a few hours after, it had thrown itself out of the 
pail and died on the bricks. It has since been placed in Norwich 
Museum. 
June 14th. A Spoonbill on Breydon. 
July 9tli. A perfect albino Sole, over a foot long, on a fish stall. 
During the finer days of summer and occasionally in winter, the 
larger Gulls on Breydon mud-flats, after a satisfactory meal, indulge 
in a most remarkable performance. Throwing open and upwards 
their big yellow bills they give vent to a mewing kind of noise 
which has most weird effects. The birds stand in easy attitudes and 
continue their “ song” for some minutes at a time. There is no 
noise in nature to which I can compare this strange whining wail. 
I have dates of “performances” on March 12th and July 11th. 
Early in July Redshanks were fairly numerous on the mud-flats. 
On the 29th July I saw a solitary Sandpiper actively feeding in 
a corner of the rond a few paces from my house-boat. I have little 
hesitation in describing it as a Pectoral Sandpiper. Two Green 
Sandpipers same date. 
August 3rd. Wimbrel plentiful. Heavy S.W. wind. Saw one 
Tern on Breydon. 
On the 4th I spent the night on Breydon, and saw at sunset, 
from my boat-house, on a flat hard by, 200 to 300 Terns of various 
species, including Black and Lesser Terns. They were as merry as 
Crickets. 
August 4th. Sixteen Shovellers on Breydon, four were shot ; 
of these I saw three in the market on the 7th. 
On August 6th, upwards of 100 Terns were on Breydon (mostly 
immature, common) with a few longer-tailed Arctics amongst them. 
A flock of 30 Curlews (same night). Large flock of Ringed Plovers 
dropped in. Wind N.W. And during a heavy downfall of rain 
two strange Black Ducks, probably Scoters, settled some way off. 
