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49. *MEADOW PIPIT (Anthus pratensis). "Titlark." 



Not very common ; found frequenting the rough water- 

 meadows by the Waveney. 



50. *SKYLARK (Alauda arvensis). 

 Very common. 



51. *REED BUNTING (Eberiza schcenidus). "Blackcap." 

 Common in the river valley at all times of the year. 



52. *BUNTING (Emberiza miliaria). 



A common and conspicuous bird, particularly in the meadows 

 near the town. Its nest is very rarely found. 



53. * YELLOW HAMMER (Emberiza citrinella). 



An abundant and, I think, increasing species. Nesting in 

 banks and ditches, and feeding on grain, it has been little 

 affected by the destruction of the old hedgerows. 



54. ^CHAFFINCH (Frinyilla ccelebs). " Spink." 

 Abundant. 



55. BRAMBLING (Fringilla montifringilla). 

 An occasional winter visitor. 



56. *TREE SPARROW (Passer montanus). 



Mr. F. Boyce has identified the Tree Sparrow at Redenhall, 

 and has taken its eggs from a hole in a tree by the beck. 



57. *HousE SPARROW (Passer domesticus). 

 Abundant everywhere. 



58. (* 1) HAWFINCH (Coccothraustes vulgaris). 



Not at all rare. I have a bird shot in a garden in the 

 town in November, 1880, and some dozen others have been 

 killed in the immediate neighbourhood during the last few 

 years.f 



59. ^GREENFINCH (Coccothraustes chloris). "Green 



Linnet." 



Only less abundant than the House Sparrow. 



f As to the occasional abundance of this bird at Diss, see Mr. Southwell's 

 note in his edition of Lubbock's Fauna of Norfolk, p. 03. 



