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FAUNA AND FLORA OF NORFOLK : BIRDS. 
the 21st May, 1867, in which year examples were obtained near 
Modena and in Ireland. 
Crane (Grus communis). 
A female was shot at Halvergate, near Yarmouth, on 29th of 
May, 1888. 
Bustard ( Otis tarda). 
Migratory tiocks of these birds occasionally visit this country, a 
remarkable instance of which occurred in 1891, when a female 
Bustard, which had been previously wounded, was found dead on 
the marshes at Stiffkey, on the 19th January. Bor the particulars 
of this irruption see ‘ Zoologist,’ 1891, p. 103. A female example 
was also killed in a barley held at Cossey, near Norwich, on the 
2nd February, 1894. 
* Caspian Plover (sEgialitis asiatica). 
A beautiful male specimen of this bird was shot at Great 
Yarmouth, on 22nd May, 1890; when killed it was in company 
with another bird of the same species, which escaped, and was no 
more seen. This interesting bird was purchased for the Norwich 
Museum (‘ Birds of Norfolk,’ vol. iii. p. 382). 
Avocet ( Recurvirostra avocetta). 
Mr. Patterson reports that three Avocets were seen on Breydon, 
on 15th June, 1891, and on the 12th October of the same year 
one of these birds was shot at StifFkey. Two were also seen by 
Mr. Bird at Ilickling, on April 23rd, 1893. 
[Sabine’s Snipe. 
A second example, so far as the county of Norfolk is concerned, 
of this variety was shot by Mr. Upcher, at Hockwold, on the 5th 
August, 1889. It was alone when found.] 
Broad-billed Sandpiper ( Limicola platyrhyncha). 
A specimen killed on September 5th, 1891, on a marsh to the 
north of Breydon, and preserved by Mr. Cole for Mr. Connop’s 
collection (‘Zoologist,’ 1891, p. 396). 
Pectoral Sandpiper ( Tringa maculata). 
One shot on the Bure marshes, near Yarmouth, on 8th September, 
1887, now in the possession of Mr. li. W. Chase (‘ Zoologist,’ 1887, 
