AUTUMN MIGRATION ON THE NORFOLK COAST. 773 
northerly and westerly coasting movement of Skylarks which 
takes place so regularly on the Norfolk coast during the early 
mornings throughout October, the supposition being that they 
are birds which have crossed the North Sea and are continuing 
their passage inland via the coast of Norfolk and the south-east 
shore of the Wash. The late Lord Lilford called attention to 
the valley of the river Nene, from the Wash as far as 
Thrapston, as a route much used by autumn migrants 
(“Studies in Bird Migration,” by W. Eagle Clarke : Vol- I., 
page 95), and it seems probable that this is the normal con- 
tinuation of the line of flight I have described. 
X. 
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THE IRRUPTION OF WAXWINGS INTO NORFOLK 
DURING THE WINTER OF 1913-14. 
By J. H. Gurney, F.Z.S., M.B.O.U. 
The first Waxwing, of which any record was handed in for the 
counties of Norfolk and Suffolk, was a fine crested bird sent to 
Mr. Arthur Patterson on November 15th, 1913, a date ten days 
later than for Yorkshire. After that, for two months or more, 
Waxwings kept on coming, as it were in waves, and until well 
into February they were to be seen, singly or in small flocks, 
in both counties. At first they were met with in parishes near 
the sea, and in one instance Mr. H. Cole saw a flock at Cromer 
in the act of arriving (November 15th), but they soon made 
their way inland. They appeared to be hungry birds, not only 
after their voyage, but by nature, in their eagerness for berries 
freely entering villages, and not being afraid of the outskirts of 
such large towns as Norwich and Cromer. At Norwich a 
small flock actually got as far in among the houses as St. Giles’ 
Gates, and one came down the chimney of Dr. Mills’ house in 
Surrey Street into a drawing room, where it was promptly 
captured. The same indifference to man was remarked in 
