mr. a. Patterson’s natural history notes from Yarmouth. 
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commoner as a visitor to Norfolk 1 It was brought me by a fisher- 
man and was remarkably tame, it allowed me to handle it in such 
great good nature. It, however, gave me a vicious bite a few 
days after when 1 was not on the alert. 
September 18th. A Honey Buzzard was shot at Corton. 
Brownish form. Sex undetermined. 
The Bat is learning to adapt himself to altered circumstances. 
At 9 o’clock on the night of September 21st, a Pipistrelle was 
fluttering around an electric lamp catching various moths, which 
at times are seen plentifully dancing around these brightly illumi- 
nated globes. 
On September 22nd there were numbers of Golden-Crested 
Wrens ( llegulus cristalus). The bushes and shrubs in St. George’s 
park alive with them. 
September 23rd. A 5 ft. example of the Tope {Golem vulgaris) 
swimming near the surface of Breydon, was secured by a wherry, 
man. I picked from its side several specimens of fish parasites 
answering to name of Pamlarus bicolor. 
September 26th. Goodly number of Golden Plovers on Breydon. 
“ October 19th. Enormous number of Crows, Kooks, Jackdaws, 
and small birds coming in all day.” 
“ October 20th. Rooks and other Corrida • pouring in to-day in 
thousands.” (Entry in note book). 
October 31st. A flight of Long-tailed Tits ( Acr&lula cauda/a) 
flew heavily in and quite through the town, following the direction 
of the Market Roads and overtopping the houses went inland. 
November 14th. Immense Hock of Snipe seen up the Bure; 
stated to be quite 400. They alighted upon a floating “ hover ’’ 
and literally scrambled for a standing place. On being disturbed 
by a wherry they flew up noisily, some actually passing between 
the mast and bobstay. 
December 1st. An hermaphrodite Herring, discovered by 
a local fish merchant when sitting at breakfast. 
1904. 
January 1st. An Avoeet killed near Aldeburgh. I saw this 
beautiful bird in the flesh and believed it to be a male. 
The Waxwing (Ampelis garrulus) appears to have been unusually 
abundant during the winter of 1903-4. I saw several in the market 
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