392 MR, CLARKE ON NATURAL HISTORY OF THETFORD DISTRICT. 
July 3rd, 1897, I saw a Common Snipe fly up from the marsh- 
land at Santon, and after wheeling round for some time alight 
on the top rail of the wooden fencing of the railway line, stop 
a few minutes, and then fly down into the grass. In 1903 
there were between forty and fifty nests on the marshes 
between Little Lodge Farm, Santon Downham, and the river, 
and I was told that Snipe frequently perched on a lightning- 
struck tree close by. The Rev. R. B. Caton saw a Green 
Sandpiper by the river at Fakenham on June 22nd, 1905, 
and again on August 1st, 1906. A Common Curlew was found 
dead in a garden at Abbey Green, Thetford, in March, 1903, 
and on September 5th, 1906, I saw four on a marshy heath 
close by Lakenheath station (Brandon parish). Eleven Com- 
mon Terns were seen fishing in the river between Fakenham 
and Euston on May 23rd, 1898, by the Rev. R. B. Caton. 
Most were in immature plumage and they seemed to secure 
a good many small fish. Early in January, 1906 — an extra- 
ordinary time of year — an immature specimen was found 
dead two miles from Thetford. My final bird-note refers to 
a male Red-throated Diver, in winter plumage, which was 
shot close to Two-mile-bottom, Thetford, on February 14th, 
1906. When taken from the water, four Roach dropped from 
its mouth, the largest about 4! in. long. 
Fish records are few. In the early spring of 1897, after 
some white lead had been turned into the river at the Two- 
mile-bottom, a large fish was observed lying on the surface 
of the water. Upon being shot by a gamekeeper it was found 
to be a Salmon Trout of 9! lbs. In the last week of June, 
1897, a Salmon Trout weighing 8 lb. 9 oz., was caught in 
one of the sluices above the flour-mill at Thetford. A specimen 
of the Burbolt from Thetford was presented to the British 
Museum in 1903 by Mr. A. Parry, and three others in 1905 
by Mr. W. E. Sowels. A Pike weighing 19A lbs. was caught 
at Kilverstone in December. 1902, and is now in the possession 
of Mr. J. Vavasseur. A Chub weighing 6 lb. was caught at 
Brandon on July 4th, 1897 ; another 23^ in. in length and 
weighing 7 lb. 2 oz. near Lakenheath staunch in November, 
1904, and another weighing 6 lbs. at Brandon on March 17th, 
1906. 
