BIRDS 



March, and remains to breed. Once reduced 

 to a very low ebb, but judicious protection 

 has resulted in restoring this bird to almost its 

 former numbers. 



297. Red-necked Grebe. Podicipes grheigena 



(Boddaert). 

 This grebe has never been proved to breed 

 in Norfolk, although it has more than once 

 been met with in full breeding plumage. It 

 visits us in late autumn and early spring. 



298. Slavonian Grebe. Podicipes auritus 



(Linn.). 

 The Slavonian grebe is not uncommon as 

 a winter visitor, the greater number occurring 

 in the month of February, but a few have 

 been met with as late as April and May, in 

 full breeding plumage. 



299. Eared or Black-necked Grebe. Podi- 



cipes nigricoUis (Brehm). 

 This is essentially a summer visitor, and 

 has occurred in numerous instances in full 

 breeding plumage, generally in the months of 

 April and May ; one was seen in July, others 

 in August and September, and twice in win- 

 ter, but has not been known to breed here. 



300. Little Grebe or Dabchick. Podicipes 



Jluviatilis (Tunstall). 

 The little grebe, or dabchick, is our only 

 resident grebe. It is fairly common in suit- 

 able localities, and receives considerable addi- 

 tions to its numbers in the autumn. 



301. Storm-Petrel. Procel/aria pe/agica,hinn. 

 The storm-petrel is not infrequent on our 



shores, especially after severe weather at sea, 

 when it has been found far inland. 



302. 



Leach's or Fork-tailed Petrel. Oceano- 



droma leucorrhoa (Vieillot). 



This petrel has occurred a good many times 



on our coast, but at uncertain intervals, and 



in the winter months. One, however, was 



killed at Yarmouth in July, 1867. 



[Wilson's Petrel. Oceanites oceanicus (Kuhl). 



Mr. Gurney has a Wilson's petrel, said to 



have been killed in Norfolk, and another is 



mentioned by Yarrell (edit. 4, vol. iv. p. 49), 

 but Mr. Gurney considers the authenticity of 

 both these doubtful.] 



303. Great Shearwater. Puffinus gravis 



(O'Reilly). 

 In December, 1892, a fine adult great 

 shearwater was picked up dead on Caister 

 beach. In August, 1896, it is believed that 

 one was seen off Blakeney, and in November, 

 1898, one of these birds was brought into 

 Lowestoft. 



304. Sooty Shearwater. Puffinus griseus 



(Gmelin). 

 This species has occurred once in Norfolk. 

 The specimen was obtained on June 25th, 

 1 85 1, near Lynn, and is in the museum of 

 that town. At the time it was recorded as 

 P. cinereus. 



305. Manx Shearwater. Puffinus anglorum 



(Temminck). 



The Manx shearwater is occasionally met 

 with in autumn, and after severe weather has 

 been found far inland. 



306. Little Dusky Shearwater. Puffinus as- 



similis, Gould. 



This bird was originally recorded as P. 

 obscurus {Zoologist, 1 858, p. 6096 ; P.Z.S., 

 1882, p. 421) ; but a subsequent examination 

 by Mr. Howard Saunders resulted in its being 

 referred to this species. It was found dead at 

 Earsham in April, 1858. 



307. Capped Petrel. (Estrelata hasitata 



(Kuhl). 



The only known British specimen of this 

 rare wanderer, now in Mr. Newcome's col- 

 lection, was caught alive at Southacre, near 

 Swaffham, Norfolk, in the spring of 1850. 



308. Fulmar. Fulmarus glacialis (Linn.). 



The fulmar, although probably abundant 

 out at sea in autumn and winter, seldom ap- 

 proaches the shore except when storm driven, 

 under which circumstances they have occa- 

 sionally been met with in numbers. 



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