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/ Generally the first week in 



22. Turtle-dove (Columba tur- I May, but sometimes in April. 



tur) . . . . j Remains till September, if not 

 I longer. 



23. Common Sandpiper (Tota- ( April or May, but not com- 



nus hypoleucos) . . \ mon. 



(Never seen here before the 

 6th of May, and sometimes not 

 till the third week: departs 

 early in August, if not sooner. 



25. Spotted Flycatcher (Mus- ( About Ma ^ 16 : monotonous 

 cicapa grisola) ] c ^ r P ^ ear ^ ^ ^ ate i* 1 tne Slim - 



( mer. 



{These species are seldom 

 heard with us before the middle 

 of May: how much earlier they 

 arrive I am not certain. Some 

 quails remain the winter. 



28. Hobby (Falco subbuteo) . \ Met with occasionally during 



29. Red-backed Shrike (Lanius the summer months, but not 



collurio) . . . I sufficiently plentiful to deter- 



30. Goatsucker (Caprimulgus mine the exact date of their 



europaus) . . . J arrival. 



( Resort occasionally to our 



31. Ruff (Machetes pugnax) . f ens to breed, but only in very 



32. Black Tern (Sterna nigra) 4 wet summers; are getting scarcer 



every year; ruffs especially 

 I very seldom seen now. 



II. Birds of double passage. 



A few years back some of 

 these birds were observed for 

 two or three seasons in succes- 



33. Ring-ouzel (Turdus tor- 

 quatus) 



sion, each spring and autumn, 

 in the adjoining parish of Swaff- 

 ham Prior; but I have not 

 heard of their having been seen 

 there lately. 



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