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LIST OF NORFOLK BIRDS. 
other gentlemen, who thereby set an examirle that might well be 
more generally followed.'*^ 
156. Little Bustard {Otis tetrax). 
This species has been known to occur in Norfolk sixteen times 
including the first recorded specimen in November, 1820 (Trans. 
Norfolk and Norwich Nat. Soc. vol. ii. pp. 19, 22), always in winter 
plumage. It may be well to mention that the date of Mr. Sparshall’s 
specimen (‘ Birds of Norfolk,’ vol. ii. p. 43) should, as suggested by 
Mr. Stevenson, be December 3rd, 1833, and not 1835, as entered 
in the Norwich Museum presentation book. There is a record of 
its occurrence in the ‘Norfolk Chronicle’ for December 14th, 1833. t 
157. Stone Curlew {(Edicncmus scolopax). 
A well known summer migrant. After becoming gradually less 
numerous in its old haunts and disappearing from many localities 
where it formerly nested, this fine species is again increasing in 
numbers and returning to several localities where it has not been 
known for many years. — S. 
158. Collared Pratincole {Glareola pratincola). 
Of the Pratincole Mr. Stevenson gives three occurrences (‘ Birds 
of Norfolk, vol. ii. p. 64), and a fourth Avas shot at Feltwcll 
in June, 1868 (‘Zoologist,’ 1869, p. 1492). | 
159. Dotterel {Eudroviius morinellus). 
Passing trips visit us in spring and occasionally a few in 
autumn, but this interesting bird is much less common on botli 
sides of the county than was formerly the case. 
* An account of this incident, and of the interesting, but unfortunately 
unavailing, attempt to secure the stay of the visitor by liberating a hen 
Bustard kindly supplied by Lord Lilford, is contained in the ‘Field,’ 
8th April, 1876. 
t At the same time one ivas killed in Kent, one in Oxfordshire, and 
another in Scotland. 
X Mr. Thomas Boynton has in his collection, at Bridlington Quay a pair 
of Pratincoles obtained from Dr. 5Y. W. Bovilton, of Burnley, which he 
states were shot off the breakwater near Yarmouth in November, 1810, by 
Mr. Hunt, a schoolmaster of that town. Notwithstanding the discrepancy 
of the alleged date, it may possibly be that these were the birds known to 
have been killed in May 1827, as stated by several authorities and which 
Mr. Stevenson was unable to trace. Mr. Gurney, however, who has examined 
them, is of opinion that their appearance is not in favour of their being 
British specimens. 
