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Rh 31st.— A flock of about ten Shore Larks at a certain favourite corner by the sea sheltered from the north-west. This spot for years has been very seldom without these winter visitants, which have never numbered more than nine or ten. Here they stand by choice on the hardest mud, which the Sky Lark never seems to do. I have kept two or three Shore Larks for some time, and had one which developed a partiality for orange marmalade, being much annoyed by its stickiness, though liking its sweetness.

This month an adult Long-tailed Duck was shot at Wisbeach (Bland), and a crippled Pink-footed Goose was picked up.