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FAUNA AND FLORA OF NORFOLK : BIRDS. 
ago at Lowestoft, and it visits the coast of Norway annually (‘Ibis,’ 
1894, p. 269).— G. 
Spoonbill ( Platalea leucorodia). 
In the ‘Zoologist’ for 1897, p. 126, allusion is made to the 
partiality shown for Breydon Broad by the Spoonbill, so that not 
a single summer passes by without some coming to this tidal resort. 
Thus, in the last twelve summers, ninety-three Spoonbills have 
visited Breydon, and, thanks to the exertions of the watcher, nearly 
all of them have escaped the gun. Surely if our gunners would 
be considerate enough to let them alone, the woods hard by of 
“ Cauntele ” and “ Castre,” to say nothing of “Wyrmegeye” 
(Wormegay), “Kungeton” (Kuncton), and “Fyncham” (Fincham), 
further off, might again rejoice in its presence in breeding time, 
as Professor Newton, who has consulted a contemporary MS., tells 
us they did in the reign of Edward I. (vol. vi. p. 158). — G. 
Ruddy Sheld-duck ( Tadurna casarca). 
On August the 18th, 1898, an adult female, quite perfect in 
plumage, believed to have been shot near Yarmouth, was sent to 
Mr. Cole for preservation for Mr. Connop’s museum.* 
White-eyed Duck ( Fuligula nyroca). 
I was informed that a young male was shot near Yarmouth, on 
October the 9th, 1894, but did not see it. In January, 1897, 
a hybrid between this species and the Pochard was taken on Saham 
Toney Mere, and promptly recognised by Mr. A. W. Partridge, as 
the so-called “ Paget’s Pochard.” Placed on a pond with several 
other species, it at once elected to consort with the Pochards, but 
always seemed to bo the weaker bird when food was thrown, and 
also rather shyer. — G. 
* A catalogue of this line collection, the property of Mr. E. M. Conuop 
of Itollesby Hall, containing more than 440 cases of birds, to which constant 
additions are being made, and which is so often referred to in this supplement, 
was prepared last year by Mr. Southwell, and has been printed for private 
distribution. — G. 
