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MR. W. G. CLARKE ON VERTEBRATE ANIMALS 
Have known of nests beneath the Furze bushes on Barnham 
common. 
78. * Wryneck ( lynx torquilla). “Cuckoo Leader.” R.R. 
April 13tli, 1893. One flew against telegraph wires in Thetford 
and was killed. 
79. * Great Spotted Woodpecker ( Dendrocopus major). R. 
“Female caught with a trap baited with an egg, and set for the 
purpose of catching a Jay, at Elveden, on the 20th May, 1851 ” 
(Trans.) “Seen near Brandon, February, 1884. Male shot at 
Elveden. Breeds at Fakenham yearly” (B. of S.) “October 
10th, 1882. Newby had several stuffed specimens shot in 
neighbourhood of Thetford” (F. Norgate in litt.) “Have seen it 
at different times in Fakenham wood” (Rev. R. B. Caton in litt.) 
80. '" Lesser Spotted Woodpecker ( Dendrocopus minor). 
“ Woodjar.” R. “Have found one nest of L.S.W. ” (F. Norgate 
in litt.) “ Seen at different times in Fakenham wood and Fakenham 
Rectory garden” (Rev. R. B. Caton in litt.) Has been seen in 
gardens in the heart of Thetford. 
81. '"'Green Woodpecker ( Gecinus viridis). “ Wood- sprite, 
Picker.” C. “Must have been fifty at Thetford birdstuffer’s, 
when we (Messrs. Gurney and Southwell) visited him together” 
(Trans. ) 
82. * Kingfisher ( Alcedo ispida). R. Much rarer than 
formerly, owing to incessant persecution. Still nests in a few 
favoured localities. 
83. Hoopoe ( Upupa epops). A. “ One found dead on Thetford 
Warren in December, 1846” (B. of S.) “April 1st, 1859, one 
shot at Thetford” (B. of N.) 
84. '"'Cuckoo (Cuculus can or us). C. 
85. * Barn Owl \Strix jlammea). “ White Owl.” C. 
86. Long-eared Owl [Ado otus). “Horned Owl.” C. “The 
most plentiful species of Owl hereabouts, and there are few 
plantations of any size that do not contain a pair” (B. of N.) 
Very common in local collections. 
87. ^(^Short-eared Owl ( Asio accipitrinus). “Woodcock 
Owl.’’ R. “In the first week of August, 1854, A. and E. Newton 
found on a heath at Elveden two young birds nearly full grown 
but unable to fly” (B. of N.) “About twelve years ago, thirteen 
were flushed from one Pine tree at Wretham ; ten were shot” 
