FOUND IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF THETFORD. 
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In a letter from the Rev. Richard Lubbock to \arrell he says: 
“ I have sent also a few observations made by Mr. Salmon, a very 
accurate observer, on Birds in the vicinity of Thetford.” He was 
the author of a rare octavo pamphlet, entitled, 1 Notice of the Arrival 
of twenty-nine Migratory Birds in the neighbourhood of Thetford, 
Norfolk ; together with some of the scarcer species that have been 
met with in the same vicinity during the years 1834 and 1835, and 
the Spring of 183G, with Observations, etc.’ Professor Alfred 
Newton, F.R.S., and his brother, Sir Edward Newton, K.C.M.G., 
F. L.S., lived for several years at Elveden, where the foundation of 
their lasting love of natural history was laid. Amongst local 
naturalists who rendered valuable assistance to Mr. Stevenson in 
his ‘Birds of Norfolk,’ were Mr. Dix, West Hurling ; Mr. E. C. 
Newcome, Feltwell ; Mr. Partridge, Hockham ; Mr. R. Reynolds, 
Thetford; and Mr. Ringer, West Harling. The Rev. Richard 
Lubbock, author of the ‘ Fauna of Norfolk ’ (1845), was rector of 
Eccles, near Larlingford, from 1837 to 1S7G. This place is just 
outside the borders of the district, as is also Cockfield, near 
Bury St. Edmunds, where the Rev. Churchill Babington, D.D., 
author of a ‘ Catalogue of the Birds of Suffolk,’ lived. Lord 
Walsingham of Merton Hall, and H. M. Upclier, Esq., F.Z.S., of 
Feltwell, also reside just beyond the boundaries I have chosen. 
For invaluable assistance in the compilation of this work, I must 
thank the Rev. R. B. Caton of Great Fakenham, Rev. D. P. Harrison 
of Ixwortli, and Messrs. F. Norgate of Bury St. Edmunds, 
W. H. Tuck of Tostock, and D. Newby, F. Russell, and 
F. Claxton of Thetford, and many others who have also assisted 
me on minor points. 
References. 
(lb of N.) = The Birds of Norfolk, vols. i., ii. by II. Stevenson, 1806 — 70. 
Vol. iii. by T. Southwell, 1800. 
(15. of S.) = Catalogue of the Birds of Suffolk by Churchill Babington, I).D., 
Rector of Cockfield (1884—1886). 
(Trans.) = Transactions of the Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists’ Societv, 
1869—1896. 
(G. & S.) = Messrs. Gurney and Southwell's List of Norfolk Birds in the same. 
(M).=Martin’s History of Thetford (1779). 
C. indicates that the species is fairly common. R.R. rather rare. R. rare. 
A. accidental. E. extinct as residents. The local names are given after the 
specific name. 
All notes which are not followed by their source in parentheses are by 
the author. 
