196 NATURAL HISTORY NOTES FROM YARMOUTH. 
September 1st. The usual sickening slaughter of Terns 
took place on Breydon. 
September 16th. A noticeable incursion of Redbreasts 
and Redstarts. 
Wheatears plentiful September 20th ; a J ack Snipe broke 
its wing against a telegraph wire. 
September 24th. Blue-throated Warbler netted ; and 
a 9-foot Porbeagle Shark landed at Lowestoft. 
Portunus Puber. The first local Velvet Crab taken in 
Norfolk waters brought me in September by a shrimper. 
Observed a Brambling on October 2nd, the precursor of 
many others during the period of migration. 
October 6th. A perfectly white Flounder brought me 
from Breydon. 
October 7th. Larks, Linnets, and Chaffinches flying over 
from due north ; and two Hooded Crows put in an appearance 
on the 7th. Migration of small birds again brisk on the 
10th and nth. Redwings on the 13th. On October 14th 
some Woodcocks were seen, and many Redpoles. A Jay 
settled in St. George’s Park on the 15th, and one washed up 
dead on the beach. Redpoles and Mealy Redpoles on October 
17th ; also Corvines and Lapwings. 
I received a note from Mr. A. P. Rising on October 25th 
informing me of a Woodcock killed at Ormesby on the 14th, 
and three on the 15th ; also of a Night- Jar having been seen 
as late as October 2nd ; while a Partridge was observed sitting 
on six eggs in a nest beside a turnip on October 19th. 
My best find of the year was Pelamys sarda, the Belted 
Bonito. On October 30th I accidentally stumbled across 
a washed-up carcase, and another had drifted ashore on 
November 12th, which I also discovered. This is an inter- 
esting addition to the fishes of the Norfolk coast. 
October 30th. Many Rooks and Larks arriving ; on the 
31st many Jackdaws. 
A Water-rail flew into a bedroom on the night of November 
5th. 
A Storm Petrel brought in alive by a fisherman on November 
14th. Several Little Auks were observed in November. 
