FAUNA AND FLORA OF NORFOLK : BIRDS. 
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* Sooty Tern. 
Early in April, 1900, an adult Sooty Torn was picked up dead 
at Santon Downham, in Suffolk, within the administrative district 
of Thetford, and only about a mile from the boundary of Norfolk, 
by Mr. J. Nunn, at whose house it was recognised as a rarity by 
Mr. W. G. Clarke, and his identification subsequently confirmed by 
Mr. Southwell. It is now in the Norwich Museum. — J. II. G. 
Great Skua. 
This bird is a rare visitor to the Norfolk coast usually in the 
month of October, but a party of five was seen by Mr. Long on 
31st August; and a few days later, a single bird by Mr. T. E. Gunn. 
Sabine’s Gull. 
One of these birds, shot at Lowestoft on 18th October, 1901, 
was sent to Mr. Cole to be preserved. Another was seen 
September 3rd, 1903, at Blakeney. 
Little Auk. 
At the end of February, 1900, and during part of March, there 
was a great incursion of these birds on the East coast, especially 
between the Wash and Lowestoft. Very many were picked up 
dead or dying on the coast, but few proportionately occurred inland. 
For particulars see ‘Zoologist,’ 1901, p. 121. A considerable 
number of these birds also occurred in February and March, 1901. 
Females appeared to preponderate. 
Night Heron. 
An adult shot by a gamekeeper at Rollesby Bridge on the 
8th November, 1899. 
Little Bittern. 
On June 3rd, 1899, a Little Bittern was observed at Hick ling 
by Rev. M. C. H. Bird. 
Bittern. 
The usual "Winter Bitterns have been killed from time to time, 
but on 27th February, 1900, one of these birds was heard uttering 
its breeding note at 1 tickling; and again, at the same place, on 
5th January, 1901. 
Glossy Ibis. 
A fine male frequented the meadows on the Bure, near Ludham, 
