LIST OF NORFOLK BIRDS. 
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occiisional visitant, scarcely a spring or summer passing without 
one or more pairs being seen or procured, mostly on Breydon.* — S. 
108. Black-winged Stilt {Himantopus candidus). 
An accidental spring and summer visitant ; twelve instances are 
recorded of its occurrence in this county, for most of which 
Ornithologists are indebted to Mr. Stevenson. 
109. Grev Phalarope {Phalaropiis fulicariiis). 
An occasional winter visitant, sometimes obtained with the pure 
grey back, in which state of plumage it is very rarely met with in 
the large Hocks which occasionally visit the .south coast of England. 
170. Bed-necked Phalarope {P/ta/aropus hyperboreus). 
I’rior to 1870 this species was rarer in Norfolk than the Grey 
Phalarope, but, since then, it appears from Mr. Stevenson’s records 
to have occurred the oftener of the two, but almost always in 
immature plumage, and generally in autumn. — G. 
171. 'Woodcock {Scolopax rusticohi). 
A common autumn and winter visitant, some remaining to breed 
nearly every year. Tliis species varies greatly in numbers, and, 
moreover, continues to receive additions from October, when they 
first appear, to the end of January. That this is the case with 
many other migrants from Scandinavia, whose habits have been 
less studied, is exceedingly probable. "White and pied varieties 
occasionally occur, and a remarkable melanism was shot at Runton 
in November, 18G9. 
172. Great Snipe {Gal/inago major). 
The Great Snipe has been killed many times in this county, 
Mr. Stevenson terms it a regular autumn visitant, but he has only 
once known it to occur in this county in spring. 
173. Common Snipe {Gal/inago cadestis). 
A common resident, receiving migratory additions in autumn 
Avhen the majority of our home-bred birds move southward. The 
variety known as “Sabine’s” Snipe occurred at Rainham in 1856. 
* AVhil.st this sheet is in the press wo have heard of the usual spring 
slaughter of Avocets on Breydon, where a small flock of six appeared on 
May 4th, only to fall victims to the insatiable greed of the “collector,” by 
whom the local gunners are bribed by the offer of very high prices to 
violate a most salutary Act of rarliameut.— S. 
