2G8 
LIST OF NORFOLK BIRDS. 
27. Great Grey Shrike {Lanius excubito/). 
Occasional visitors, generally in tlie autumn. There is only one 
record of its occurrence in summer, and that rather a doubtful one, 
namely at Diss many years ago (‘ Zoologist,’ 184G, p. 1305). 
[1. Pallas’s Grey Shrike {Lanius major). 
AYhether this variety, distinguished by a single alar bar, be 
worthy of specific distinction, or not, it is entitled to a 
place in the Norfolk list as a frequent visitor during 
autumn and winter.] 
28. Lesser Grey Shrike {Lanius minor). 
This rarity occurred at Yarmouth in the spring of 18G9, and 
again in the spring of 1875. There are only two other recorded 
British specimens. 
29. PtED-BACKED Shrike {La/iius collurio). 
A summer migrant, not so numerous as in the days of the good 
old “ bullfinch ” hedgerows. 
30. \Yoodchat {Lanius auriculatus). 
A Woodchat was killed at Beechamwell by j\lr. John Scales jirior 
to 1829 : this was the first occurrence in Norfolk. A second was 
seen (but not shot) by the Bov. E. Hamond, some time before 1833, 
at Swaffham (Selby, ‘British Ornithology,’ vol. i. p. 153). A third 
was shot at Yarmouth in April, 1859, and a fourth at the same 
place in IMay, 1885. It has occurred several times in Suffolk, once 
as near to our boundary as Gorleston (Yarrell, ‘ British Birds,’ 
ed. i. vol. i. p. IGl). — G. 
31. Spotted Flycatcher {Muscicapa grisola). 
A common summer visitant, though late to arrive. 
32. Pied Flycatcher {Muscicapa atricapilla). 
A somewhat rare spring and autumn visitant, believed to have 
remained to nest occasionally ; but the eggs of the Spotted 
Flycatcher occasionally resemble those of this species, for which 
they may have been mistaken. 
33. Golden Oriole {Oriolus galbula). 
One of our rarest summer visitors. In 1850, according to 
Mr. E. T. Booth, it nested near Norwich, klr. Booth saw the 
