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LIST OF NORFOLK BIRDS. 
GO. Tree Creeper {Certhia familiaris). 
A common and generally distributed resident. 
70. Wall Creeper {Tichodro»ia muraria). 
To the discovery of the interesting series of letters from 
Gilbert White to Robert Marsham, which the Rev. H. P. Marsham 
of Rippon Hall entrusted to one of the authors for the use of 
the Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists’ Society, we owe the know- 
ledge of a very curious fact, viz., the occurrence of the Wall 
Creeper at Stratton Strawless, on October 30th, 1792. White 
died less than eight months after Marsham had made him 
acquainted with the event, which accounts for his not having 
brought so interesting an occurrence to the notice of ornithologists. 
The entire correspondence of both naturalists, with other particulars 
referring to the bird, will bo found in our ‘ Transactions ’ (vol. ii. 
p. 178 et seij.). A second specimen was shot in Lanca.shirc in May, 
1872 (Mitchell’s ‘Birds of Lancashire,’ p. 5G). Mr. H. Saunders 
tells us he has seen several which were obtained at Nantes in the 
north of Prance (Yarrell’s ‘British Birds,’ vol. iii. p. 9); it also 
occurs in Belgium (Dubois, ‘ Revue des Oiseaux en Belgique,’ p. G). 
There is therefore nothing to excite surprise in its occasionally 
straying to our shores. — G. 
71. Great Titmouse {Parus major). 
Universally distributed. Their occasional occurrence at our 
light-vessels proves them to be migratory. That this was the case 
Avas long ago suspected {cf. ‘Zoologist,’ 1848, p. 2071). 
72. Blue Titmouse* {Parus cairuleus). 
Universally distributed. Its numbers certainly vary, and as 
it is said to have been taken on the Cockle light-vessel, it is 
probably migratory. 
73. Coal Titmouse {Parus hritannicus). 
A common resident, differing from Parus ater only in the 
greener shade of its back. 
* In Babington’s ‘ Birds of Suffolk ’ it is stated (p. G3) that a Crested 
Titmouse {Parus cristatvs) was seen, but not obtained, by the late 
Mr. Spalding, at Ditchingham in Norfolk. It is a likely bird to occur 
on our east coast with other Norwegian migrants {cf. Gray’s ‘Birds of 
Scotland,’ p. 104). — G. 
