Transactions - Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists' Society (Volume 4) (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1889. Excerpt: ... IV. ORNITHOLOGICAL NOTES AT CLEY AND BLAKENEY, SEPTEMBER 3rd TO 19th, 1884. By F. D. Power. Read 2jth January, 1885. Having, with my brother, G. E. Power, spent a fortnight's holiday, in the month of September, collecting at the above places, a record of the result, in many respects noteworthy, will, I feel sure, prove of interest to ornithologists generally, and more especially to those residing in Norfolk. The first few days of our stay were wet and stormy; but the weather on the whole was extremely fine, with a remarkable prevalence of easterly and northerly winds. To these prevailing winds must be attributed the occurrence of so many species, for we observed no less than one hundred and nine; several of these being of irregular and uncertain appearance; whilst two, the Barred Warbler (Sylvia nisoria) and Icterine Warbler (Hypolais icterina), are so rare that these specimens represent, I am informed, the third examples of each obtained in Britain. To Mr. J. H. Gurney, Jun., and Mr. H. E. Dresser, I am indebted for the names of such as I was puzzled with, or in doubt about; Mr. Dresser also having further interested himself in the matter, by exhibiting the S. nisoria and H. icterina at the meeting of the Zoological Society, on the 4th November. With the exception of one day (the 5th September), on which there was a passage of Waders along the coast for a few hours, our most profitable collecting-ground was among the various patches of short cover on the north side of the harbour and at the foot of the sand-hills to the west. In this cover we noted the following species, named in order of abundance: --Blue-throated Warbler, Wheatear, Redstart, Whiuchat, Meadow Pipit, Garden Warbler, Tree Pipit, Common Whitethroat, Pied Flycatcher, Willow Wren, Lesser Whit...