FAUNA AND FLORA OF NORFOLK. 
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five years. They are occasionally seen in other 
parts of the county, as at Cley during April, 
1909, and at Kimberley Park on June 6th, 1911. 
The bird is rarely seen before May or after the 
end of July. It is sometimes seen singly, at 
other times three or four appear together, and 
their stay with us usually lasts from a few hours 
only, to a week or more. The birds that visit us 
undoubtedly come across from Holland, where 
there are still two fair-sized breeding colonies, 
and most of them are probably non-breeding 
birds ; on any other supposition it is difficult to 
explain their presence here in the midst of the 
breeding season. 
Goose, Snow. — During the winter of 1909-10 two Snow 
Geese took up their quarters on the Holkham 
and Burnham marshes with the large flock of 
“ Grey ” Geese that annually spend the winter 
in this reserve. They were identified by Mr. 
A. J. Napier and seen by several others. It is 
not improbable that they were “ escapes ” from 
Woburn. On Oct. 31st, 1912, six others were 
reported from Cley. (Zook, Ap., 1909 ; May, 
1913). 
SHELD-DUCK, Ruddy. — Two birds of this species were shot on 
Breydon on Oct. 5th, 1912. (Zook, May, 1913). 
GARGANEY. — Mr. J. M. Goodall found a Garganey sitting on 
ten eggs in the Broads District on April 23rd, 
1910. (Zook, May, 1911). A pair are known 
to have nested on one of the Broads in 1911, and 
on April 20th, 1913, one of us (B.B.R.) saw 
two ducks and a drake on the same Broad. 
