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NATURAL HISTORY NOTES FROM YARMOUTH. 
}>y A. Patterson. 
Head 26 th March, 1002. 
1901—1902. 
Almost the last arrival at Durrant’s game stall in the March of 
1901 was a ? Wigeon, which had partly assumed the markings of 
the male. 
A Spoonbill was seen on Rreydon, April 10th, the first of a con- 
siderable number which visited the mud-flats that year. A llock 
of twelve put in an appearance on April 27th; these were joined 
on the 28th by five others, which stayed only a few hours. After 
that time, a day seldom passed without one or more being seen 
contentedly gleaning a living at the water-margin, or sleeping 
unsuspiciously in the company of the Gulls higher up the flats. 
Wary as the Spoonbill is, I could on several occasions have easily 
sculled to within shooting distance. 
On or about April 22nd six Herons passed overhead, making 
duo N.E., seawards. I am of opinion that some of these birds 
leave this country, having observed similar exits ; and am almost 
as certain that male birds occasionally put in an appearance from 
abroad, having rowed within almost oar’s length of magnificent 
fellows fast asleep in the month of April, they having every appear- 
ance of tired-out arrivals. I have seen Grey Plovers drop down on 
a Hat and fall fast asleep at that season. 
May 11th. Several Wimbrel on Breydon. 
May 13th. An /Esop’s Prawn (Pandalus annulicomis) brought 
me. The carapace was covered with a somewhat compact form of 
Acorn Barnacle. 
May 13th. An 8-inch Power Cod (Gadus minutus) taken in 
a shrimp-net. 
On May 16th, after some manoeuvring, I got fairly close to a dock 
