FOUND IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF TI1ETFORD. 
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179. Red-throated Diver ( Colymbus septentrional is). A. 
“ One shot at Elveden ; skeleton in Cambridge Museum” (B. of S.) 
180. * Great Crested Grebe ( Podicipes crisfatus). R.R. 
“Breed regularly on some of the Wretham meres” (15. of X.) 
Also breed on Shadwell Lake and Ampton Water. 
181. * Little Grebe ( Podicipes fluviatitis). “ Dabchick, 
Didopper, or Deeve Dipper.” C. Breeds commonly throughout 
the district. Sometimes very plentiful on the meres. 
182. Manx Shearwater (Puffinus anglorutn). A. “October 
10th, 1S82. Mr. Newby had one to stuff, shot near Thetford” 
(15. of N.) “September 18th, 1896. One of these birds picked 
up alive but exhausted, in a field above Fakenham ” (Rev. 
R. 15. Caton in lift.). 
183. Storm Petrel (Proeeflaria pelai/ica). A. “Elveden; 
skeleton in Camb. Museum” (B. of S.) 
SEMI-DOMESTICATED. 
Canada Goose. “ Kept and bred at Riddlesworlh and 
Culford ” (B. of S.) 
Barbary Partridge. “ 5 rale killed at Elveden about 1882” 
(B. of S.) “October 10th, 1882. Newby had many shot in 
neighbourhood of Thetford, also one hybrid Barbary and Red- 
legged Partridge, killed near Elveden, where they may have been 
turned out by Duleep Singh” (F. Norgate in lift.) 
Virginian Colin. “Male at Elveden, 1882, preserved by 
Newby ” (B. of S.) “ I heard a Virginian Colin at Santon 
Downham, and saw one, a J on Eriswell Heath” (F. Norgate 
in lift.) 
Summer Duck. “Male shot at Elveden” (B. of S.) 
IV. FISH. 
1. Three-spined Stickleback (Gasterosteus aruleatus). C. 
2. Ten-spin ed Stickleback ( Gasterostens ptun/ifius). C. 
3. Perch ( Perea fluviatitis). C. “ Have been caught in 
Fowlmere” (Trans.) Common and of good size in the rivers. 
4. Ruff (Acerina vulgaris). “Sand-sticker.” C. Very common 
in the rivers, more especially where sewers have their outlet 
Several score are sometimes taken with one cast of a net. 
