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MISCELLANEOUS NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS. 
XVII. 
MISCELLANEOUS NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS. 
WILD BIRD PROTECTION ON THE NORFOLK COAST. 
It is with great pleasure that we again refer to the excellent 
results of the efforts of the various local Bird Protection 
Societies to preserve to us the colonies of those breeding 
birds which were in danger of banishment from the localities 
they had so long graced with their presence ; the only matter 
for regret is the slight amount of pecuniary support their 
good work receives, and one wonders how so much is effected 
by such slender means. The past year has been marked by 
the loss of one of the members, who by his sympathy and 
liberal subscriptions to three of the societies has been so 
materially helpful, and it will be difficult in both respects to 
fill the gap created by the death of Professor Newton, to 
whom the modern appreciation of our duty to these things 
of beauty is so largely due — can we imagine the desolation of 
the shore if deprived of the presence of the Gulls and Terns ? 
From Wolferton, which Society enjoys the patronage of 
H.M. the King, the Prince of Wales and Mr. Hamon le 
Strange, it is reported that both Common and Lesser Terns, 
also Ring Plovers, have again increased in numbers, and two 
or three pairs of Sheld Ducks nested, “probably stragglers 
from the large colony on Wolferton Heath.” On April ioth, 
eggs were seen of the Lapwing and Ring Dotterel, and first 
eggs of the Common Tern on ioth May, those of the Lesser 
Tern on 15th May, and on 8th July there were still a few 
Common Terns and Ring Dotterel sitting. Mr. George 
Cresswell is the Hon. Secretary, and the funds seem sufficient 
for the purpose. 
Blakeney and Cley. — Mr. Quinton E. Gurney, the Hon. 
Secretary, reports favourably and adds some interesting notes 
from the watcher’s diary. 
