BIRDS 



67. Spotted Flycatcher, 



Linn. 

 Locally, Wall or Beam-bird. 

 This is a late summer visitor, plentifully 

 distributed. 



68. Red-breasted Flycatcher. Muscicapa 



parva, Bechstein. 

 This is another of the rare migrants first 

 obtained at Cley. Altogether four examples 

 have been seen or obtained, three of these at 

 Cley. 



69. Swfallow. Hirundo rustica, 



Linn. 



Chelidon 



Muscicapa grisola, 80. Brambling. Fringilla montifringilla, Linn. 

 A winter visitor in varying and uncertain 

 numbers. A curious variety with a black 

 chin has been taken several times. 



All 

 common 

 summer 

 migrants. 



70. House - Martin. 



urhica (Linn.) 



71. Sand-Martin. Cotile riparia 



(Linn.) 



72. Greenfinch. Ligurinus chloris (Linn.). 

 Very common in Norfolk ; its numbers 



are increased by autumn immigrants. 



73. Hawfinch. Coccoihraustes vulgaris, Fa\hs. 

 This bird is apparently much more frequent 



in Norfolk than formerly. It breeds here, 

 and in the autumn is sometimes met with in 

 considerable numbers. 



74. Goldfinch. Carduelis elegans, Stephens. 

 Locally, King Harry. 



The goldfinch is not so numerous as former- 

 ly, owing probably to the persistent persecu- 

 tion to which it is subjected by bird-catchers, 

 and to some extent also to improved cultiva- 

 tion and the enclosure of waste places. 



75. Siskin. Carduelis spinus (Linn.). 



A visitor in uncertain numbers in the 

 autumn, usually departing very early in the 

 new year. 



76. Serin Finch. Serinus hortulanus, Koch. 

 This finch has been obtained twice in 



Norfolk, in each instance near Yarmouth. 



77. House-Sparrow. Passer domesticus (Linn.). 

 In Norfolk as elsewhere quite sufficiently 



numerous. 



78. Tree-Sparrow. Passer montanus (Linn.). 

 The tree-sparrow is either more numerous 



or better known in this county than formerly, 

 but is still somewhat local. Additions are 

 made to the resident birds by immigrants in 

 autumn. 



79. Chaffinch. Fringilla ccelebs, Linn. 

 This is certainly one of the best known 



birds in Norfolk, receiving large accessions to 

 its numbers in the form of autumn migrants. 



81. Linnet. Linota cannabina (Linn.). 

 Another of our common species which is a 



partial migrant and receives large accessions 

 to its numbers in autumn, these however soon 

 pass on. 



82. Mealy Redpoll. Linota linaria (Linn.). 

 The mealy redpoll is with us a winter 



visitant in very uncertain numbers. 



Dr. Sharpe states in the B. M. Catalogue of 

 Birds (xii. p. 251) that two specimens of 

 Holboell's redpoll taken near Norwich, are in 

 the Natural History Museum. 



83. Lesser Redpoll. Linota rufescens, Vieillot. 

 A resident in Norfolk, but not numerous ; 



in autumn large flocks frequently make their 

 appearance. 



84. Twite. Linota flavirostris (Linn.). 

 The twite, or French linnet, as it is some- 

 times called here, is a regular winter visitant 

 in varying numbers. 



85. Bullfinch. Pyrrhula europaa, Vieillot. 

 This is rather a local bird here, but not 



uncommon. 



A male of the Russian bullfinch {P. major, 

 Brehm) was shot on the Yarmouth Denes in 

 January, 1893. 



86. Scarlet Bullfinch or Scarlet Grosbeak. 



Pyrrhula erythrina (Pallas). 

 A female was caught on the North Denes, 

 Yarmouth, on September 2nd, 1892 (cf. Zo- 

 ologist, 1892, p. 401, and 1893, p. 150). 



87. Crossbill. Loxia curvirostra, Linn. 

 Small flocks of this bird are occasionally 



seen, but it is a very uncertain visitant. Miss 

 Anna Gurney, in her Nat. Hist. Notes, men- 

 tions a nest found at Sherringham, Norfolk, 

 in April, 1829. Mr. Norgate first found it 

 nesting on the Suffolk side of the boundary in 

 1885, and Lord Lilford believes it to have 

 bred in west Norfolk several times prior to 

 that year. Subsequently Mr. Norgate found 

 this species nesting freely on the Norfolk and 

 Suffolk border on several occasions. 



Mr. Gurney records the occurrence of an 

 example of the red-barred crossbill, L. rubri- 

 fasciata of Brehm, at Westwick, on September 

 28th, 1871 {Zoologist, 1889, p. 391). 



88. Parrot-Crossbill. Loxia pityopsittacus, 



Bechstein. 

 Professor Newton has recorded a male 



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