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MISCELLANEOUS NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS. 
successful one, many hundreds of eggs being hatched and 
birds brought off safely. 
Wells. — The following notes are taken from a report by 
the watcher to Mr. C. A. Hamond who was, for many years, 
Hon. Sec. of the Society which protected the birds in this locality. 
During 1909 there were more nests than usual of the Common 
Tern, and about the same number (30 nests) of the Lesser 
Tern. Both species hatched off well. The first young of the 
Lesser Tern were found on June 13th ; those of the Common 
Tern a day or so later. Redshanks and Ringed Plovers nested 
in about the usual numbers. We are glad to note that the 
Black-headed Gull is returning yearly to this nesting locality 
in increasing numbers. 
Blakeney and Cley. — The report from this district is 
highly satisfactory, and contains the watcher’s notes from 
the beginning of May till the end of the year. The number of 
Common and Lesser Terns’ nests would seem to be on the 
increase, and during June several Sandwich Terns were seen, 
though they are not recorded as having nested. A pair of 
Oyster-catchers hatched off successfully, as did also at least 
two pairs of Sheld-ducks. 
The watcher records seeing a Swift in October, 14th. — S.H.L. 
Remarkable Boulder at Sheringham. — This boulder 
was exhibited for sale in Sheringham last summer and was 
stated by the owner — an Overstrand fisherman — to have been 
picked up by him together with some mammalian remains of 
which he was trying to dispose, after a recent storm, on the 
face of the cliffs at Overstrand. Messrs F. W. Harmer, 
Reeve and Leney agree in considering it a typical Liassic 
boulder from the Cromer cliffs. 
This suggests that the human handiwork it shows is of 
local origin, and negatives a suggestion that the stone may 
have been a “ totem ” brought from oversea and discarded. 
It is assumed that the workmanship is of comparatively recent 
date, and that the stone has fallen from the cliff top to the 
position in which it was found. Is the design a mere whim 
of the workman, or was it intended for any useful or decorative 
purpose ? — W. H. B. 
