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Pipit has “ occasionally been seen both here and by the sea-coast.” 
Will Mr. Hunt kindly supply the authority for this statement, as 
at present I am aware of but five examples of this rare Pipit 
having been seen in Norfolk, all of which were shot near Yarmouth. 
The Rock Pipit, included in the same paragraph, as “ occasionally 
seen” about Thetford, may certainly have appeared there on its 
migratory course, as it has in the vicinity of Norwich, and the fact, 
if well authenticated, would be interesting ; as well as further 
information as to the Lesser Spotted Woodpecker breeding and 
remaining, throughout the year, in that locality. Why the familiar 
Wryneck should rank with the Hoopoe and other accidental strag- 
glers it is difficult to say, or why the Kingfisher should be classed 
in a similar manner, though described as “ noio frequently observed 
by our rivers, both in winter and summer, and generally breeds 
here.” Considering its great persecution of late for the plume 
trade, I should have presumed that at Thetford, as elsewhere, this 
beautiful species would be found more scarce noio than formerly. 
Not a line is devoted to the past history of the Great Bustard, 
as a denizen of that very portion of the “ Breck ” district, nor is 
Mr. Bartlett’s specimen of the Little Bustard, killed on the W arren, 
and still preserved at “ The Canons,” recorded amongst the rarities 
of that neighbourhood. Instead, however, I find amongst the brief 
notices of Grallatorial species the following strange announcements 
with reference to both the familiar and rarer kinds. Pallas s Sand- 
Grouse, unknown at Thetford, and (with the exception of a single 
bird killed near Lynn, in 1859) unknown in any part of Norfolk 
till the spring of 1863, and in no instance since that date accord- 
ing to Mr. Hunt, “ occasionally visits this locality.” The Dotterel 
{Charadrius morinellus), a mere passing migrant, which breeds 
nowhere in England, is described as a “ summer visitor, occasionally 
remaining to breed,” whilst the Ringed Dotterel {Charadrius 
hiaticula), the most remarkable bird on the Thetford warren, owing 
to its habit, from time immemorial, of quitting the seashore in 
spring to rear its young far irdand upon these dreary wastes, is 
described by this local historian as “ an occasional summer visitant, 
and builds in the fens" The same authority, moreover, informs us 
that the Kentish Plover, Little Ringed Plover, (which has never 
occurred in Norfolk), and the Sanderling, all essentially shore 
birds, are “ rarely seen here,” but under what accidental circum- 
