496 MISCELLANEOUS NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS. 
Breydon Wild Birds Protection Society. — Mr. Henry 
P. Frederick, the Hon. Sec. is to be congratulated upon having 
sufficient funds to enable him to employ a watcher on Breydon 
during the whole of the close time, and the Society has done 
excellent work in securing the safety of many rare birds 
which visited that favourite resort during the summer of 1906 ; 
it is quite refreshing to read of the rare birds seen instead of 
shot, and as the watcher is a very experienced man, there is 
no doubt as to the accuracy of his identification of the various 
species. His Diary records Swallows seen on 17th April, 
Godwits first on 27th, and a Spoonbill on 28th of the same 
month. The Lesser Terns appeared on 6th May, Green- 
shanks on the 14th. On June 9th Wigeon were still on Brey- 
don, on the 15th a Lesser Tern was feeding its young one, and 
on the 14th a Little Gull was seen. On July 21st a Pelican 
was seen which stayed till the next day, also a Spoonbill. 
On August 9th, a Little Gull was seen, and on the 15th a 
Spoonbill which stayed till the 19th. On the 21st two Stilt 
Plovers flew over Breydon in a westerly direction, and an 
immature Little Gull was seen. On and after May 7th to 
17th, and again on 18th June, Black Terns were seen, but 
unfortunately none stayed to nest, but seeing that the whole 
area of the Broads is a “ protected District,” there is still hope 
that if perfectly undisturbed Mr. Hamond’s anticipation may 
be realised and that like the Black-headed Gulls at “ Mow 
Creek,” they may once more return to their former nesting 
sites. 
The above are some of the more important entries in the 
watcher’s Diary, and it may be taken for granted that the 
safety of all these birds, so far as Breydon was concerned, was 
due to the presence of the Society’s watcher. — T. S. 
Corticium (Peniophora) Chrysanthemi, Plow. — For many 
years past I have been familiar with a Corticium appear- 
ing in Autumn on the bases of the stems of Chrysanthemum 
plants, both on the remnants of last year’s stems and toward 
the end of the season on those of the current year. This 
