MR. J. H. GURNEY ON THE LITTLE AUK IN NORFOLK. 
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Spilehium lacustke. Almost as common as the preceding. Lynn, 
(Holt), Wormegay, Saddlebow, etc. 
PisiniUM amnicum. In a drain at Wormegay. 
„ fontinale. In most ditches. Holt, Babingley, North 
Wootton, etc. 
„ „ var. pulchella. Gay wood. 
„ pusillum. About as common as the preceding. 
St. Germans, Babingley, North Wootton, ( haywood. 
„ „ var. obtusale. St. Germans. 
,, milium. Bare. In ditches. West Winch, St. Germans. 
Hydrobia ventrosa. In brackish water. Lynn, Hunstanton. 
Conovula bidentata. At the roots of grass, by the side of the 
railway bridge over the Ouse, Lynn. 
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ON THE RECENT ABUNDANCE OF THE LITTLE AUK 
(MERGULUS ALLE, LINN.) IN NORFOLK 
By J. H. Gurney, F.L.S. 
Read 25th February , 1895. 
It is not necessary, in this paper, to give an account of the Arctic 
weather which prevailed during January, 1895, which was the 
theme of every tongue at the time. The snow and frost lasted 
for into February, by which time bird-life was suffering starvation 
and famine. January was a bitter month, with a prevalence of strong 
northerly and north easterly gales, straight off the sea, which had 
an immediate effect on one well-known Arctic species which some- 
times comes to England, the Little Auk or Ilotche ( Mergu/us (die), 
sprinkling these dapper little sea-birds broadcast over the northern 
part of Norfolk, nearest to the coast ; but a few were found 
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