A HISTORY OF NORFOLK 



Norfolk, a charming book by the Rev. Richard Lubbock, in 1 845 (a second 

 edition in 1879) ; An Account of the Birds found in Norfolk, by J. H. 

 Gurney and W. R. Fisher, pubHshed in the Zoologist in i 846 ; and last, but 

 by far the most important, Mr. Stevenson's Birds of Norfolk, consisting of a 

 series of monographs of the birds found in Norfolk, as instructive as they 

 are interesting. The pages of the Zoologist, too, are an epitome of 

 Norfolk ornithology from the commencement of that periodical in 1843 

 to the present time. All these will be referred to in w^hat follows ; but 

 there are a host of names of ardent naturalists and sportsmen whose only 

 share in the literature of the subject is the valuable assistance they so 

 liberally contributed to the productions of others. 



Of the 308' fully recognized species in the list which follows, 107 

 may be regarded as regular breeders in this county ; 1 2 as occasional 

 breeders, viz. : — 



Crossbill Garganey Teal 



Hooded Crow Spotted Crake 



Short-eared Owl Baillon's Crake 



Marsh-Harrier Ruff (?) 



Hobby (?) Common Sandpiper 



Little Bittern (?) Roseate Tern (?) 



Of these the hobby, ruff, and little bittern, which were once regular 

 breeders, if they have not already ceased to do so are probably on the 

 verge of extinction, and the roseate tern has only recently been observed 

 under conditions which render its nesting here highly probable. There 

 is more or less reason to believe that twelve other species have on rare 

 occasions bred in the county, viz. : — 



Ring-Ousel (?) Wigeon (?) 



White Wagtail Pintail (?) 



Rock-Pipit (?) Green Sandpiper 



Golden Oriole Wood-Sandpiper 



Woodchat (?) Curlew 



Pied Flycatcher Sandwich Tern 



And fifteen others, which formerly bred in Norfolk, are now believed 

 to have ceased to do so, viz. — 



Savi's Warbler Grey Lag-Goose 



Raven Black Grouse (?) 



Hen-Harrier Crane'' 



Kite Great Bustard 



Peregrine Falcon Avocet 



Cormorant Black-tailed Godwit 



Bittern Black Tern 



Spoonbill 



' Or 309 if the gyr-falcon be included. 



* There is an entry in the Chamberlain's accounts of the city of Norwich of a payment 

 of v'' to ' Notyngham of Hyklyng for a yong pyper crane ' and iiij'' for the carriage of the 

 same to Norwich under date of the year 1543, which conclusively proves that the crane 

 nested at Hickling, a most likely situation, in that year. 



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