mr. a. Patterson’s natural history notes from Yarmouth. 567 
April 9th. An unusually large Haddock, 2 feet 9 inches in 
length, weighed 10i lbs., empty. 
Three Cuckoo Rays (Raid miraletus ) were seen on a fish slab on 
April 11th. the longest one measuring 22 inches. They had been 
brought in by a steam trawler. 
April 12th. About thirty Hooded Crows on aBreydon mud flat. 
These were a late lot of emigrants ; from their actions I judged 
most of them had paired. 
Sanderlings. A very thick fog on Breydon allowed me a very 
near approach to a number of Sanderlings. With them were 
Dunlins and Ringed Plovers. The “ wick- wick ” of the Sanderling 
is most easily distinguishable. Wind, S.E. 
On April 20th, I saw two Spoonbills. May 2nd, several Wimbrel 
on Breydon. 
May 6th. An hour and a half's snow this morning ! 
May 7th. Several Land Dotterel (EuRromias morinellus) on the 
Caister Marshes. 
“12th of May — Godwit day!” is a very old local tradition. 
I went on Breydon to-day but did not see a single example ! 
0 iempora, 0 mores! On the 14th, the watcher informed me he 
had seen a few. 
May 16th. A day as gloomy as November. Saw two Swans in 
a Breydon ‘ Drain’; and several Wimbrel. In the evening I saw 
about 50 Herons scattered singly all over Breydon. One grand old 
bird, with flowing crest, reluctantly rose on three occasions just 
ahead of my punt as I sailed her up the Ship Drain, the bird 
alighting each time only a few yards ahead. 
The movements of several Lesser Terns ( Sterna minuta) in May, 
1902, were exceedingly interesting. The wind blowing somewhat 
stiffly on the morning of the 23rd made a dinner on Breydon 
difficult to find, whereupon they betook themselves, two pairs of 
them, to one of the ditches on the rear of Suffolk side of the walls. 
One after another they repeatedly dipped, securing a Three-spined 
Stickleback at every stoop. I laid hidden in the long grass at 
the ditch end and so had a capital chance of observing them closely. 
Several still remained on Breydon on June 2nd, and I felt convinced 
at least two pairs had intentions of nesting in the vicinity. I at 
length located a spot evidently selected for that purpose, at that 
higher portion of mud-flat at the entrance of the Ship Drain. Up 
