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Great Shearwater ( Pujjinus major). 
In August, 1896, a very large Shearwater was seen off Blakeney 
bar on three or four occasions, answering to the description of 
P. major, or P. griseus. On November the 10th, 1898, a fresh 
skin of P. major, recently shot off Lowestoft, was sent to me for 
identification. — S. 
* Little Dusky Shearwater ( Pufmus assimilis). Gould. 
In our original list (vol. iv. p. 413), as well as in the ‘Birds of 
Norfolk’ (vol. iii. p. 67), this bird, found dead at Earsham in 
April, 1858, is referred to as P. obscurus, Gmelin, but having been 
re-examined by Mr. Howard Saunders in February 1899, in the light 
of increased knowledge of the genus and more abundant material for 
comparison it has been decided that both this and a previous specimen 
killed in Ireland must be referred to a nearly allied but smaller form 
found nesting in the Desertas, the Salvages, and Cape Verde Islands. 
Pujjinus obscurus must therefore be withdrawn from the list and 
the present species substituted. 
Black Guillemot ( Uria grylle). 
Rather a rare bird on our coast. One was killed at Cley on 
1st April, 1895, and two others were met with in llolkham Bay, 
by Mr. llamond, on the 8th of January, 1898. 
Little Auk ( Mergulus alle). 
The gales of January, 1895, sprinkled Little Auks broadcast over 
that part of Norfolk which is contiguous to the coast, the greatest 
number being picked up between the 10th and the 27th. On the 
21st, small flocks were seen at Cley, flying a few yards above the 
sea, and one flock was estimated by Mr. Ramm to contain a hundred 
individuals. 285 picked up or otherwise obtained were recorded 
(ef. vol. vi. p. 67), a number raised by subsequent information 
sent in to the recorder to at least 302. 
* 'White-billed Diver ( Colymbus adamsi). 
It has been decided on apparently competent authority that 
a large Diver, with whitish mandibles, shot on Hickling Broad in 
December, 1872, by the late Mr. E. T. Booth, and still in his 
museum at Brighton, where I have twice examined it, is a White- 
billed Diver (‘Zoologist,’ 1896, p. 14). One was shot several years 
