FAUNA AND FLORA OF NORFOLK. 
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their having attempted to nest there since 1907. 
On May 12th, 1912, one of us (B.B.R.) saw two 
Reeves on the edge of Fowlmere, near Thetford. 
Sandpiper, Common. — This species is frequently observed in 
the county as late as June, but it was not until 
1897 that proof was obtained of its having bred 
with us — at Hickling. We have now a second 
instance of a pair breeding in the county. On 
June 27th, 1911, Mr. Falcon was walking with 
his spaniel up the Bure at Coltishall, when the 
latter ran into some herbage about fifty yards 
from the river and brought out a nestling Com- 
mon Sandpiper, still in the down, but large 
enough to run when released. Later in the day 
the parent birds, who by their behaviour 
obviously had young ones, were seen by Mr. 
Falcon and Mr. J. H. Gurney. (Zook, May, 
1913). 
Curlew. — We are now able to give definite proof of the 
Common Curlew breeding in Norfolk ; for 
although Mr. Gurney had been informed “ on 
good authority ” that a Curlew T ’s nest containing 
four eggs had been found by a gamekeeper at 
Royden Fen in May, 1910, it was not until 
May 31st, 1911, that a nest, containing the 
broken remains of three eggs, was seen by Mr. 
N. Tracey — on a fen within a few miles of 
King’s Lynn. In the following year (1912) a 
pair of birds again nested near the same spot, 
and successfully hatched off ; and in 1913, Mr. 
Tracey himself found a nest near King’s Lynn 
from which four young ones were subsequently 
hatched. (c/. Zook, May, 1911; Ap., 1912; 
May, 1913 and 1914). 
Tern, White-winged Black. — A pair of White-winged 
Black Terns were seen by the Rev. M. C. H. 
Bird on one of the Broads on May 11th, 1911. 
