MISCELLANEOUS NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS. 831 
Winter Notes for 1913 — 1914. — The Woodcock 
has been the most discussed bird of the season. The oldest 
sportsman never remembers such a flight as occurred in 
December. Nineteen were killed in one day at Boxted, and 
over 40 at Benacre ; both the large and small type prevailed, 
and few parties were out without seeing a couple or two. Some 
breed yearly in Monk’s Park Wood of 300 acres. 
The migration of Waxwings has extended to West Suffolk. 
One was killed at Beyton and others seen at Rougham and 
Nowton. They were very tame, which shows that they came 
from a sparsely-inhabited country. A Bittern was killed near 
the river Ouse in February, 1914, and the keeper was 
rightly fined for doing so. On January 31st, in a partridge 
drive near Eye, a Knot was killed — an unusual visitor. Young 
Crossbills were seen out of nests at Cavenham in January, 1914. 
A fine specimen of the Gyr-falcon killed at Sudbourne, near 
Oxford, in 1867, in the act of devouring a hen, has been 
acquired by the Ipswich Museum ; it is figured in Babington’s 
Birds of Suffolk. 
Two specimens of the rare Burbot or Eel Pout were taken 
in January from the river Lark near Mildenhall. 
W. H. Tuck. 
Wild Bird Protection on the Norfolk Coast. — 
We are pleased to find that the subscription list of the Breydon 
Wild Birds’ Protection Society has been increased during the 
year, though there still remained a deficit, of £2 10s. 6d., at the 
end of 1913. The watcher was on duty from March 1st to 
August 31st. Spoonbills were seen on Breydon, on and off, 
throughout the Summer, the first on May 2nd and the last on 
August 16th. 
At Wolferton Mr. Creswell reports that the birds have done 
very well this season, the common Tern showing a considerable 
increase, as a nesting species, on this Reserve. 
The report of the results of protection on Blakeney Point 
during 1913 will be found on p. 707. Ed. 
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