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LIST OF NORFOLK BIRDS. 
184. Sanderling {Calidris arenaria). 
Sanderlings visit the Norfolk coast, more particularly the shores 
of the Wash and Breydon, in considerable numbers every autumn, 
arriving early in August, and are found, although in much smaller 
numbers, all through the winter. In the spring migration they 
are occasionally met witli as late as the end of May or beginning 
of Juno, when they are in iierfect breeding plumage. — S. 
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185. Buff {^Machetes pi/gnax). j 
The Buff formerly nested at Hockwold and Feltwell Fens, 
as Avell as in the Broad District, but has long ceased to 
breed in the former localities. Much information as to the 
gradual approach to extinction of this species as a summer 
resident will be found in Lubbock’s “ Fauna of Norfolk ” 
(Edit. 1879). It is not improbable that a pair or tAvo still 
nest almost every season, as Avas certai:dy the case in 1884 and 
1 886, in one favourite locality, but it is doubtful Aidiether either 
birds or eggs escape. — S. 
186. Buff-breasted Sandpiber [Tryngites riifescens). 
This accidental straggler from America has occurred three times . 
at Yarmouth and once at Sheringham : the latter is said to have ' 
been killed in July, a very unlikely month. — G. 
187. CoAiMON Sandpiper {Tolanus hypoleucus). 
A spring and autumn migrant, rarely occurring in summer, and 
not known to have bred in this county ; though Mr. F. Norgate 
has reason to believe a pair did so at DoAvnham or Santon in 1884, 
and its repeated occurrence in the summer-time has been noticed 
by many observers. 
188. Green Sandpiper (Totmms ochropus). 
Commonest in the autumn, but to be met Avith at all seasons 
both inland and by the coast. The eggs of the Green Sandpiper 
have never been found in this county, though carefully looked for 
by those Avho Avere Avell aware of its arboreal nesting habits. The 
mud of a lake or a mill dam from A\duch the Avater has been let 
off is very attractive to this species, doubtless from the plentiful 
supply of food to be then obtained. 
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