616 MIGRATION AND OTHER ORNITHOLOGICAL NOTES. 
or haze at sea had a deterrent effect on easterly migration, and 
occasionally the force of the wind appeared too much. For 
example, on March 29th, wind W.N.W. (6), flocks went out 
over the sea and returned, and again on April 9th, with wind 
W. (7). flocks kept flying up from the fields and wheeling round, 
high up, and finally pitching in the fields again. 
Hooded Crow (C. cornix). — First seen on October 4th. 
On the 14th there were further arrivals here and at Yarmouth. 
On the 18th, 19th and 24th several flocks were seen coasting 
south, and on the 27th, 29th and 31st, and on November 24th, 
flocks were seen coming in from the east. In the spring this 
species was usually seen, when on migration, in company with 
Rooks and Daws. On March 26th and Aprd 7th some were 
seen going north and east, and on March 29th others were 
attempting the easterly journey. One was seen as late as 
April 17th, and one on June 9th, but I could not ascertain that 
it was breeding. 
SWIFT ( Cypselus apits). — Numbers collecting on July 17th 
and some passing over to the south on August 6th, 7th and 9th. 
Most of the local birds left by the 11th. After this few were 
seen, but on the 26th, 27th, 28th and 29th, some were seen 
going south. Single birds were seen on September 7th and 29th. 
First seen in spring on May 7th and an increase on the 9th. 
WRYNECK ( lynx torquilla ). — One on passage May 1st. 
CUCKOO ( Cuculus canorus). — First heard April 20th. 
LONG-EARED Owl (Asfo otus). — One taken on a boat fifty 
miles S.E. of this town on the night of November 15th. 
Short-eared Owl (A. accipitrinus). — Some at Gorleston 
on October 2nd, at Yarmouth on the 18th, and one here on 
the 29th. 
PEREGRINE Falcon ( Falco peregrinus). — One reported 
from Yarmouth October 20th. 
Kestrel (F. tinnunculus). — During the second week of 
October several settled on the Leman and Ower L.V. One 
coasting to the south on November 8th, and again on December 
9th. On April 12th, three coasting north, and on the 20th one 
went straight out over the sea, high up, to the east. 
