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single notes, very iinlilve those of any bird with which I am 
acquainted. It is rather annoying to think that, altliough I have 
now seen the bird tliree times, I have not the slightest idea of its 
form, so very short is the time that it allows me for observation. 
1009. A good many Snow Buntings about the stubble. I shot 
one, which was very dark in front of the neck, and had l3ut little 
Avhite upon the wings. I saw a few Hocks about the fields at 
Haroldswick. 
1010-11. A lad at Norwich shot a Tufted Duck in a pool of 
fresh water near that place last spring. He also says that he saw a 
Calloo drake at Ealta Sound on Thursday. This is the first I have 
heard of this year. 
Friday, Oct. 30. — Very heavy gale from S.E., commencing at 
6 A.M. and falling at noon. 
I have seen nothing more of the strange bird to-day. 
Monday, Nov- 2. — Frequent showers of hail and rain ; wind 
S.E. to S. 
1042-3-6-7. . . . We crossed a lot of stubble, and were 
nearing a patch of turnips, when up got a strange-looking bird, 
uttering some loud distinct notes. It was far out of reach, so we 
stooped towards the ground, and kept our eyes carefully fixed upon 
the bird as it wheeled over the neighbouring fields, and finally 
settled again near the edge of the turnips. We walked smartly up, 
but long before we were within reach it rose again, and disappeared 
on the opposite side of the voe. Having seen quite enough to 
assure us that it was really a Sand Grouse, we immediately went in 
pursuit, caring very little what became of the Stints ; but seeing 
nothing more of it, we returned in about an hour’s time, thinking 
that, as the field was a quiet one, the bird might return. In this 
we were correct, for we discovered it again near the same spot, but 
it was wilder than ever, and made off again in the same direction 
as before, returning once more towards us, and passing me upon my 
left. . . . The heavy showers drove us to ■ shelter very fre- 
quently, and wasted much of our time ; but before dark we had 
visited the field three times more, seen the bird in the same place, 
and each time watched it disappear from view upon the other side 
