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MR. J. H. GURNEY ON THE BEARDED TITMOUSE. 
Mr. E. T. Booth, than whom no one knew our Norfolk Broads 
better thirty years ago, calls them “remarkably hardy.” It is, 
however, satisfactory to learn from the Kev. M. C. Bird that there 
has been an increase since 1882, from when to about 18S7 their 
numbers, owing to systematic egg-taking, were very low on the 
Thurne, and in 1893 it was reported at one of our meetings that 
they were rather more abundant. With his help I have compiled 
an estimate of the number of nests hatched off last summer on 
each broad, which only gives a total for them all of thirty-three. 
Premising that there were probably no nests on Wroxham, Breydon, 
Fritton, Burnt Fen, Calthorp, Flixton, and Oulton, the list is 
as follows : — 
Hickling Broad 
nests (or 
7) hatched off 
Heigham ,, 
... 
6 
Hoveton ,, 
. . . 
3 
nests hatched off. 
Little Hoveton 
Rollesby Broad 
Broad 
2 
5 ) 
55 
Ormesby ,, 
Filby „ . 
... 
3 
55 
51 
Salhouse ,, 
2 
55 
55 
Woodbastwick Broad 
] 2 
55 
55 
Horsey Broad 
2 
55 
55 
Panworth ,, 
2 
55 
55 
Rockland „ 
1 
55 
55 
Catfield „ 
1 
55 
55 
Sutton „ 
. . . 
1 
55 
15 
Barton „ 
1 
55 
55 
Oliver ,, 
1 1 
55 
55 
Somerton , , 
1 
55 
55 
Womack ,, 
1 
55 
55 
Walsham ,, 
1 
55 
55 
Belaugh ,, 
? 1 
55 
55 
Surlingham „ 
1 
55 
51 
Buckenham,, 
1 
33 
55 
55 
If thirty-three nests hatched off we may assess the number of adult 
Boarded Tits in April and May on all our Broads as certainly nearly 
one hundred, which is so far satisfactory, but it is a diminishing 
