NATURAL HISTORY NOTES FROM YARMOUTH. 
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NATURAL HISTORY NOTES FROM YARMOUTH. 
By A. H. Patterson. 
Read 25 th April, 1911. 
1910. 
The frequent rains and unpropitious weather which 
characterised the generally unpleasant year of grace, 1910, 
produced correspondingly unfavourable result^ with regard 
to entries in my note books. My best “ finds ” were the 
Pelamid ( Pelamys sarda), a Bonito new to the county, and 
the Velvet Crab, hitherto unrecorded for Norfolk. 
Two very fine examples of Jago’s Goldsinny (Ctenolabrus 
rupestris) taken by Lowestoft shrimpers on January 12th. 
A noticeable movement of northward-bound Rooks on 
February 27th. 
A considerable inshoring of Dabs — end of March. 
Being slightly wounded, and so unable to fly to any distance, 
a Redwing attracted the attention of numbers of its species, 
on migration from its roost in the St. George’s Park. 
No less than three Smeared Dabs (Pleuronectes microcephalus ) 
were shot from one trunk of fish on April 21st, whose surround- 
ing fins were white, including the tail ; undoubtedly fish of 
the same brood. 
The invasion of Crossbills which marked the winter of 1909-10 
extended to this neighbourhood. On April 23rd as many as 
30 individuals were still haunting the Fritton and Belton 
Woods. Their habit of ascending to a considerable height, 
uttering their twitting call-notes, attracted some attention. 
Nine nests of Rooks were built in the trees overlooking the 
Market Place. Two nests erected near the Church. In 1911 
there were 13 nests ; those in the churchyard being demolished 
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