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TEMMINCK’S STINT.—One of our rarer spring and autumn 
visitants ; but there are few Norfolk collections which 
do not contain a specimen, and I have seen some in 
pretty fair breeding plumage. 
LirTLe STINT.—A spring and autumn visitant, commoner, 
and more of a shore bird than Temminck’s stint, in 
fact, it has been occasionally almost abundant. 
PuRPLE SANDPIPER.—Rather scarce, owing to the absence 
of rocks. Mr. Stevenson has noted its occurrence as 
far inland as Dereham. 
DUNLIN, OR ‘StTintT.”—This is the common resident sand- 
piper of our harbours and mudflats, receiving vast 
additions in autumn, and never breeding with us. 
BROAD-BILLED SANDPIPER.—A waif from Scandinavia, ob- 
tained for the first time in Britain at Yarmouth in 
1836, since which two others have occurred at the 
same place (Comp. “ Birds of Norfolk,” vol.11., p. 359). 
CURLEW SANDPIPER, OR PiGMy CuURLEW.—A shore bird, 
sometimes quite common in the autumn, and a few 
very fine ones used generally to be obtained in the 
spring,! and even in the height of summer, as on July 
28th, 1880, when six of the most perfect birds I ever 
saw were sent up to one of our Norwich birdstuffers 
from Breydon. 
Knotr.—A common shore bird, appearing at the same time 
as all the other sandpipers, and while young birds are 
commonest, it used not to be difficult to get a series 
in every phase of plumage. 
Woopcock.—A winter visitant, sometimes remaining to 
breed. I clip the following from a newspaper of 
1807, which was before percussion caps came in :— 
‘““The woodcocks have already reached the Norfolk 
coast. On Friday and Saturday last, H. Henley, Esq., 
’ J.e. Before legislation stopped their being shot at that time of theyear. 
