A HISTORY OF NORFOLK 



10. Stonechat. Pratincola rubicola (Linn.). 



This is a common resident in suitable 

 localities. 



1 1 . Redstart. Ruticilla phcenicurus (Linn.). 

 A common summer migrant. 



12. Black Redstart. Ruticilla titys (Scopoli). 



A winter visitant, probably occurring an- 

 nually. 



13. Red-spotted Bluethroat. Cyanecula sue- 



cica (Linn.). 



The northern form of bluethroat, which 

 was first detected at Yarmouth in September, 

 1 84 1, has frequently been obtained in Nor- 

 folk since that time. It appears on the coast 

 as an autumn migrant occasionally in con- 

 siderable numbers, as in September, 1884, 

 when at least 80 were seen at Cley. 



14. Redbreast. Erithacus rubecula (Linn.). 

 Common resident and partial migrant. 



15. Nightingale. Daulias luscinia (Linn.). 



A summer migrant, frequent in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Norwich, but somewhat local. 



16. Whitethroat. Sylvia cinerea (Bechstein). 

 A common summer visitant. 



17. Lesser Whitethroat. Sylvia curruca 



(Linn.). 



Also a summer migrant, but local and 

 scarce compared with the preceding species. 



18. Blackcap. Sylvia atricapilla (Linn.). 

 A not uncommon summer migrant. 



1 9. Garden- Warbler. Sylvia hortensis (Bech- 



stein). 

 Also a common migrant, more local, and 

 not so frequent as the blackcap. 



20. Barred Warbler. Sylvia nisoria (Bech- 



stein). 

 Four examples of this straggler from the 

 continent have now been killed, and a fifth 

 watched for a considerable time by Mr. Gur- 

 ney, all at Blakeney Point on the Norfolk 

 coast. 



21. Dartford Warbler. Sylvia undata (Bod- 



daert). 

 This unobtrusive little bird is met with on 

 the furze-covered heaths on the borders of 

 Norfolk and Suffolk, where it breeds in small 

 numbers. 



22. Goldcrest. Regulus cristatus, Koch. 



This species is generally distributed in 

 summer, and receives enormous additions to 



its numbers during the autumnal migration. 

 Some of these remain with us, but the bulk, 

 as is probably the case with most of our home- 

 bred birds, pass on to the south. 



23. Firecrest. Regulus ignicapillus (Brehm). 



A very rare bird in Norfolk, most of the 

 recorded instances undoubtedly refer to the 

 preceding species. Mr. Gunn received a 

 male in the flesh from Attlebridge in Novem- 

 ber, 1879. 



24. Yellow-browed Warbler. Phylloscopm 



superciliosus (Gmelin). 



An example of this charming little Asiatic 

 species was killed at Cley-next-the-Sea on 

 October 1st, 1894. Full particulars of the 

 occurrence will be found in The Field for 

 November 3rd, 1894, also in the Zoologist, 



1895, p. 100. 



25. Pallas's Warbler. Phylloscopus proregulus 



(Pallas). 

 This bird is another addition to the rare 

 wanderers which the autumnal migratory 

 stream has brought to the prolific locality of 

 Cley-next-the-Sea and Blakeney ; it was 

 killed at the former place on October 31st, 



1896. Full particulars of the event will be 

 found in the volume of the Zoologist for 1896, 

 p. 466, and in the Trans, of the Norf. and 

 Nor. Nat. Soc. (with coloured plate), vol. vi. 

 p. 280. 



26. Chiffchaff. Phylloscopus rufiis (Bechstein). 



A summer visitant, not uncommon, but 

 somewhat local. 



27. Willow - Warbler. Phylloscopus trochilus 



(Linn.). 



A common summer visitant. Largely re- 

 presented at the periods of migration. 



28. Wood-Warbler. Phylloscopus sibilatrix 



(Bechstein). 

 A summer visitant, but very local. 



29. Icterine Warbler. Hypolais icterina 



(Vieillot). 

 This bird has been thrice obtained at 

 Blakeney Point during the autumn migration, 

 the last on September 5th, 1898. 



30. Reed - Warbler. Acrocephalus streperus 



(Vieillot). 

 Generally an abundant summer visitant in 

 suitable localities, but rather uncertain. 



31. Sedge-Warbler. Acrocephalus phragmitis 



(Bechstein). 

 Common in summer in suitable localities. 



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