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MR. W. G. CLARKE ON VERTEBRATE ANIMALS 
litt.) One shot on Wretham Decoy in (i 1892), now in possession 
of Sydney Morris, Esq. All immature. 
95. Goshawk (Astur palumbarius). A. “ Young bird trapped 
at Kiddlesworth in the autumn of 1853” (B. of X.) “One killed 
at Elveden, November or December, 1854” (B. of S). 
90. * Sparrow Hawk ( Accipiter nisus). “ Partridge Hawk ” ? 
C. “ Young male perfectly white, excepting few dark feathers on 
back, killed at Kiddlesworth in 1851 ” (B. of N.) “With Kestrels, 
seem to lay a larger number of eggs in the Thetford neighbourhood 
than they appear to do in other places ; at least I have known 
several clutches of seven eggs and one Sparrow Hawk’s of nine” 
(F. Norgate in litt.) “Common at Fakenham” (Rev. E. B. Caton 
in litt.) 
97. Kite ( Milous ictinus). A. “Thetford Warren was 
a favourite locality for ‘ Kite Hawking.’ Female trapped at 
Croxton, November, 1852” (B. of N.) “One killed on Thetford 
Warren in 1857. Three at Elveden, 1878, 1881, and about 1861 ” 
(B. of S.) “One preserved at Shadwell Court” (W. H. Tuck 
in litt.) 
98. Honey Buzzard ( Pernis apivorus). A. “ Specimen shot 
at Lynford in 1S51 ; in its throat were fragments of eggs of Song 
Thrush” (B. of N.) “October 10th, 1882. Newby had Honey 
Buzzard shot in the neighbourhood of Thetford ” (F. Norgate 
in litt.) 
99. Scandinavian Gyr-Falcon ( Falco gyrfalco). A. “A 
young bird killed on Thetford Warren in the spring of 1883, in 
possession of Dr. Churchill Babington ” (Trans. G. and S. List). 
“ Dr. Gadow of Cambridge pronounced to be Gyr-Falcon ” 
(B. of S.) 
100. Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus). E. “ Three adult 
specimens — two males and one female — killed near Thetford in the 
spring of 1848. In the following spring a very line pair in 
perfect plumage were killed near the same place, and one or more 
old birds are still seen there every year, usually in March, the 
adjacent warren having peculiar attractions ” (B. of N.) “Adult 
shot at Brandon, November 18th, 1879 ” (Trans.) “ Two killed 
at Fakenham in first week of 1895 ” (Eev. E. B. Caton in litt.) 
“Mr. II. Claxton has two shot in district” (F. Claxton, v.v.). 
