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swallower craning his neck to its full length, when the gradu- 
ally subsiding contortions of the imprisoned fish were plainly 
seen. The Eel at length settled quietly to its fate, and the 
triumphant Gull went to the nearest puddle for a sip on the 
strength of it. 
A flock of 70 Wimbrel flew in from sea, on the same date ; 
spread out like a fan as they lowered to the flats, allowing 
me easily to count them, then altering their minds, closed up 
again and kept on westward. A Cormorant was also on 
Breydon. 
August 15th. Ouite a number of Little Terns (Sterna 
minuta) on Breydon, on the higher flats : some of them were 
fledgelings : these squatted about while their parents fished in 
the “ Ship ” drain, and made quite a display of fuss and flutter 
when the silvery little victims were brought to them, squealing 
very much like young Starlings, their elders “ cheeping ” 
loudly when coming to their respective offspring. 
August 17th. A most remarkable pincer claw of a 
Norwegian Lobster (Nephrops norvegicus) was brought to me ; 
between the moveable and the fixed chelae was another fixed 
chela, slightly longer than either of the others, the end of it 
forking after the fashion of a Herring’s tail. Larger numbers 
of these crustaceans were brought to Yarmouth this year 
than ever before, and were readily purchased. 
The night of August 26th was remarkable for the immense 
numbers of migrating Waders which, arrested in their flight 
by atmospheric disturbances, hovered over many of our 
East Coast towns. A perfect babel of bird cries, emanating 
from Redshanks, Grey Plovers, Lapwings, Dunlins, Ringed 
Plovers, and many others, made the night hours weird and 
startling. By dawn the spell of the lights below had passed 
and the birds moved on. 
September 4th. I had brought me from Upton a live 
Lobworm, from the centre of which two perfect tails diverged. 
In September, a little party of Stoats took up their residence 
on Breydon walls, near the “ Fleet ” (half way on the north 
side to Berney Arms), and rats diminished in an exceedingly 
short space of time. 
