BIRDS 



32. Aquatic Warbler. Acrocephalm aquaticus 



(Gmelin). 

 Although there was reason to believe that 

 the aquatic warbler had occurred in Norfolk 

 previously, it was not confirmed till September, 

 1896, when a specimen was killed at Blakeney 

 by Mr. T. E. Gunn. 



33. Grasshopper-Warbler. Locmtella nav'ia 



(Boddaert). 

 A summer visitant, local, and by no means 

 numerous. Most frequently met with near 

 the broads. 



34. Savi's Warbler. Locustella luscinioides 



(Savi). 

 Six of these birds (four of which are in the 

 Norwich Castle Museum) have been killed 

 within a radius of about as many miles near 

 Norwich, including the first and last speci- 

 mens obtained in England. The late Mr. 

 Newcome had a nest from 'the neighbour- 

 hood of Yarmouth,' and a nest with four eggs 

 was taken at ' Poppelot,' part of Feltwell Fen, 

 in 1848. 



35. Hedge-Sparrow. Accentor modular'n 



(Linn.). 

 Common. 



36. Common Dipper or Water-Ousel. Cin- 



clus aquaticus, Bechstein. 

 Not more than three specimens of the 

 chestnut-breasted dipper have been met with 

 in Norfolk that I am aware of. 



37. Black-bellied Dipper. Clnclus melanogaster, 



Brehm. 

 This dipper is not of rare occurrence in 

 Norfolk, generally appears in the month of 

 November ; almost all the dippers met with 

 here being of the Scandinavian race. 



38. Bearded Reedling. Panurus biarmicus 



(Linn.). 

 Although in greatly reduced numbers, the 

 bearded reedling is still found nesting in the 

 Norfolk broads, which probably form its last 

 summer resort in England. I have not heard 

 of its nesting elsewhere, but it has been seen 

 in the present winter in certainly two other 

 localities. 



39. Long-tailed Tit. Acredula caudata 



(Linn.). 

 A common resident. 



40. Great Tit. Farm major, Linn. 

 Universally distributed, and receives mi- 



gratory accessions to its numbers in the 

 autumn. 



41. Continental Coal-Tit. Parus ater,\Ann. 

 This form, whether or not specifically dis- 

 tinct from that which follows, has certainly 

 been killed in Norfolk in at least two in- 

 stances. 



42. British Coal-Tit. Parm hritannicus, 



Sharpe and Dresser. 

 A common resident. 



43. Marsh-Tit. Parus \ 



palustrls, Linn. ( Both common 

 Y and generally 



44. Blue Tit. Parus distributed. 



caruleus, Linn. / 



45. Nuthatch. Sitta casta. Wolf. 

 Common, and generally distributed. 



46. Wren. Troglodytes parvulus, Koch. 



The wren is a common resident, receiving 

 migratory accessions in the autumn. 



47. Tree-Creeper. Certhia familiaris, Linn. 

 A common and generally distributed resi- 

 dent. 



48. Wall - Creeper. Tichodronia muraria 



(Linn.). 

 This species is placed in square brackets as 

 doubtful in the Ibis list, but there is not the 

 slightest reason to question the accuracy of 

 the romantic account of the occurrence of 

 this bird at Stratton Strawless in 1792, as 

 communicated by Robert Marsham, F.R.S., 

 to Gilbert White (cf. Trans. Norf. and Nor. 

 Nat. Soc, ii. 188) accompanied by a drawing 

 of two of the wing feathers, in acknowledging 

 the receipt of which he says : ' You will 

 have the satisfaction of introducing a new 

 bird of which future Ornithologists will say, 

 — " found at Stratton Strawless in Norfolk by 

 that painful and accurate Naturalist, Robert 

 Marsham, Esq." ' — and pays a courtly com- 

 pliment to the ' fair unknown, whose soft 

 hand has given the specimen a truly delicate 

 and feathery appearance.' Other occurrences 

 are recorded by Mr. Saunders in his Manual, 

 ed. 2, p. 119. 



49. Pied Wagtail. Motacilla lugubris, Tem- 



minck. 

 Common in summer, but the greater num- 

 ber leave us for a short time in midwinter. 



50. White Wagtail. Motacilla alba, Linn. 

 An occasional visitor to Norfolk. It is 



believed in three instances to have paired and 

 bred with the pied wagtail. 



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