FOUND IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF THETFORD. 
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‘ History of Thetford’ (1779), this is correctly quoted as a “ Stone 
Curlew,” but in Britten’s ‘ Description of the County of Norfolk ’ 
(1809) it is referred to as a “ Petrified Curlew.” 
The Stone Curlew still holds its place as the most characteristic 
bird of the “brock” district, generally arriving about the end of 
March, and departing early in October. Salmon, however, started 
ono on December 9th, 1834, and I distinctly heard one on 
Barnham common, December 12th, 1894. Lubbock also noted 
that in mild seasons it stayed to the end of November, or beginning 
of December, assembling in parties of from eighty to one hundred 
before migration. A Stone Curlew was twice heard and seen at 
Great Fakenham, in the last week of February, 1897, and a pair 
wero taken at Thetford, in March, 1853, during deep snow. It 
still breeds in fairly largo numbers on the heaths and “ brecks ” 
of the district, its eggs, however, being but rarely found. Flocks 
of from twelve to twenty may bo seen in the daytime on Thetford 
Warren during the summer, but soon after sunset almost all the 
birds ily down to the lowlands. Their shrill whistle is not usually 
heard during the daytime, save whilst rain is falling, when their 
whistling is incessant; and if perchance one of the meres is near by, 
they may be seen Hying down to it from all directions. 
148. Dotterel ( Eudromias morinellus). K. “Formerly 
abundant at Thetford; decreasing in 183G and 1840. One 
killed May, 1851” (B. of S.) “Few ‘trips’ generally observed 
on Thetford Warren, sometimes amounting to about a dozen birds, 
but rarely as many as twenty. Appear in autumn in the vicinity 
of Thetford, at the end of August or beginning of September ” 
(B. of N.) “October 10th, 1882. Newby had stuffed specimens 
of two Dotterel shot in neighbourhood of Thetford” (F. Norgate 
in Ht/ 1 .). 
149. * Ringed Plover (JEgialitis hiaticula). “ Stonehatcli or 
Ring Dotterel.” R. “Breeds from March to June on Thetford 
Warren. 7th February earliest, and 1st September the latest 
seen” (B. of N.) “Very abundant at Thetford in 1836. Bred 
at Elveden, May, 1884. Seen in small numbers in 1S63. 
Specimens killed at Euston ; eggs from Barnham” (B. of S.) 
“ Still breeds in reduced numbers on Thetford Warren, also on 
some ‘brecks’ the Norfolk side of the border” (G. and S.) 
