MISCELLANEOUS NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS. 
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The specimen was subsequently purchased by the Norwich Castle- 
Museum Committee, re-stuffed by Mr. Gunn, and placed in the 
British Bird room. — W. G. Clarke. 
Wolferton Wild Birds’ Proteotion Society. — It seems to me 
that the accompanying short report, showing the good effect of 
preserving Wild Birds is worth printing. 
The Wolferton Wild Birds’ Protection Society was started two 
years ago by Mr. George Crosswell and myself, and we were 
fortunate enough to secure the active co-operation of llis Majesty 
the King as a subscribing member. llis Majesty took a personal 
interest in the matter, as the protected breeding ground is on the 
shore of the Wash abutting on the Sandringham Estate. We put 
on a watcher during the nesting season, from the middle of April 
to the middle of July, with the result given in the report. — 
Hamon le Strange. 
Secretary's Report of the Wolferton Wild Birds’ Protection 
Society for 1903. 
Patron: II. M. the King. 
“The nesting season of 1903 was, notwithstanding the cold 
spring, a very good one, and the colony of Tern, both Common 
and Lesser, has increased considerably during the last two 
years. Perhaps the most noticeable increase of all is in the 
Ringed Plover, which, owing to protection, is now becoming 
numerous and nests freely. Many more ducks nested on the 
ground protected by the Society than have ever done before. 
These comprised Wild Duck, Teal, Shoveller, and Shielduck, 
and I am glad to be able to report that a Gad wall nested for 
the first time. Owing to the exertions of the watcher 
(W. Pooley) very few of the early Green Plover and Ringed 
Plovers’ eggs were carried oil by Grey Crows this year. 
I regret to report that W. Pooley was taken seriously ill 
during the last fortnight of the season and is now in the 
West Norfolk and Lynn Hospital. — Signed, G. Cressweli., 
Hon. Sec” 
[The report from the Wells Society is equally good, and I am 
informed that not a gun was fired on Breydon during the close 
season, notwithstanding the visits of many rare birds. — Ed.] 
Ostrea angulata. — Specimens of Osirea anrjulafa were obtained 
