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THE BIRDS OF GREAT YARMOUTH AND THE 

 NEIGHBOURHOOD. 



By Arthur Patterson. 



(Continued from p. 172.) 



The arrangement and nomenclature of Howard Saunders in 

 his * Manual of British Birds ' has been adopted in the following 

 catalogue. 



Abbreviations. — C. means common ; F. frequent; F. C. fairly 

 common ; N. U. not uncommon ; N. C. not common ; F. fre- 

 quent ; L. L. lessening locally ; S. scarce ; R. R. rather rare ; 

 R. rare ; A. accidental. B. of N. means • Birds of Norfolk ' 

 (Stevenson) ; B. of S. means ' Birds of Suffolk ' (Babington) ; 

 Nor. N. S. means * Transactions ' of the Norfolk and Norwich 

 Naturalists' Society. 



Turdus viscivorus. Mistle-Thrush. — L. L. Nested in market- 

 gardens until end of seventies. Young birds from surrounding 

 villages frequent the sand-dunes in the early autumn, seeking 

 insects. Some scattered mulberry trees (themselves extirpated) 

 were at one time an attraction. Buff variety shot, June 18th, 1898. 

 Local, " Fulfer." 



T. musicus. Song-Thrush. — C. Additions in autumn. Its 

 services in autumn in destroying the Coleoptera and Limacidce 

 on strawberry-beds are not appreciated by country gardeners. 



T. iliacus. Redwing.— C. Numbers depend upon severity of 

 winter. In winters of 1878 and 1881 were starving by thousands. 

 Caught by boys with their caps in the streets. Local, " French 

 Mavish." 



T. pilaris. Fieldfare. — C. Numbers fluctuate with weather. 

 In mild winters very few. November, 1891, thousands on neigh- 

 bouring marshes. Found several dead on 8th on the beach. 

 Example washed up on April 23rd, 1893 ; undoubtedly a late 

 emigrant. Local, " French Fulfer," 



