FAUNA AND FLORA OF NORFOLK : BIRDS. 85 1 
Bi.ack-winged Stilt. 
One seen by Rev. M. C. H. Bird on the Broad 28th May. 
I 9°5> another is reported in the same locality on 29th April, 
1906. A third was reported to Mr. Bird on April 29th, 1908, 
Reeve. 
A nest with four eggs was found on one of the Broads 13th 
June, 1907. 
* Baird s Sandpiper (Tringa bairdi). 
Was shot at Hunstanton, September 16th, 1903, and 
identified while still in the flesh by Mr. M. J. Nicoll ; it is now- 
in Sir Vauncey Crewe’s Collection. 
t * Mediterranean Shearwater (Puffin us yelkouanus). 
1 wo ol these birds were killed at ( ley, both males, in 
September, 1891, at the time they were recorded as Manx 
Shearwaters. 
In addition to the birds mentioned in the above list many 
others worthy of mention have occurred during the past five 
years, the bulk of them at the period of spring or autumn 
migration ; amongst them may be noted Black Redstarts, 
Pied Fly-catchers, Fire-crested Wren at Yarmouth in October. 
1907 ; Rose-coloured Pastor ; Blue-throats ; one Dartford 
Warbler, a rare bird in Norfolk ; a Nutcracker, near Lowestoft : 
Lapland Buntings; an occasional Gadwall, rare in East Norfolk; 
Velvet Scoters ; Little Gulls ; and Black Terns. 
The Garganey Teal has been more frequent of late and the 
Bearded Tit fairly holds its own in its restricted habitat. 
A Reeve, so late as the summer of 1907, once more utilised the 
ancient cradle of its race, and in each of the years 1900. 1901, 
1904, 1905, and three times in 1908, the Bittern was heard 
“ to shake the sounding marsh ” with its breeding note ; all 
this is indicative of what might happen were the Wild Birds 
Protection Acts strictly enforced. 
In the last supplement to our list, to the end of 1903 we were 
able to claim 309 species as having occurred in Norfolk ; we 
are now able to add eight other species (marked in the above 
list with a *) thereby increasing the number to 317. 
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