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 BIRDS 32. Aquatic Warbler. Acrouphalui aquaticus (Gmelin). Although there was reason to believe that the aquatic warbler had occurred in Norfolk previously, it was not confirmed till September, 1896, when a specimen was killed at Blakeney by Mr. T. E. Gunn. 33. Grasshopper-Warbler. Locmtella navia (Boddaert). A summer visitant, local, and by no means numerous. Most frequently met with near the broads. 34. Savi's Warbler. Locustella luscinloides (Savi). Six of these birds (four of which are in the Norwich Castle Museum) have been killed within a radius of about as many miles near Norwich, including the first and last speci- mens obtained in England. The late Mr. Ncwcome had a nest from ' the neighbour- hood of Yarmouth,' and a nest with four eggs was taken at ' Poppelot,' part of Feltwell Fen, in 1848. 35. Hedge-Sparrow. (Linn.). Common. Accentor modularts dent. 36. Common Dipper or Water-Ousel. Cin- clus aquaticus, Bechstein. Not more than three specimens of the chestnut-breasted dipper have been met with in Norfolk that I am aware of. 37. Black-bellied Dipper. Cinclus melanogaster, Brehm. This dipper is not of rare occurrence in Norfolk, generally appears in the month of November ; almost all the dippers met with here being of the Scandinavian race. 38. Bearded Reedling. Panurus biarmicus (Linn.). Although in greatly reduced numbers, the bearded reedling is still found nesting in the Norfolk broads, which probably form its last summer resort in England. I have not heard of its nesting elsewhere, but it has been seen in the present winter in certainly two other localities. 39. Long-tailed Tit. Acredula caudata (Linn.). A common resident. 40. Great Tit. Parus major, Linn. Universally distributed, and receives mi- gratory accessions to its numbers in the autumn. 41. Continental Coal-Tit. Parus ater, Linn. This form, whether or not specifically dis- tinct from that which follows, has certainly been killed in Norfolk in at least two in- stances. 42. British Coal-Tit. Parus hritannicus, Sharpe and Dresser. A common resident. 43. Marsh-Tit. Parus paiustris, Linn. | Both common [- and generally 44. Blue Tit. Parus distributed. caruleus, Linn. 45. Nuthatch. Sitta casta, Wolf. Common, and generally distributed. 46. Wren. Troglodytes parvulus, Koch. The wren is a common resident, receiving migratory accessions in the autumn. 47. Tree-Creeper. Certhia familiaris, Linn. A common and generally distributed resi- 48. Wall - Creeper. Tkhodroma muraria (Linn.). This species is placed in square brackets as doubtful in the Ibis list, but there is not the slightest reason to question the accuracy of the romantic account of the occurrence of this bird at Stratton Strawless in 1792, as communicated by Robert Marsham, F.R.S., to Gilbert White (cf. Trans. Norf. and Nor. Nat. Soc, ii. 188) accompanied by a drawing of two of the wing feathers, in acknowledging the receipt of which he says : ' You will have the satisfaction of introducing a new bird of which future Ornithologists will say, — " found at Stratton Strawless in Norfolk by that painful and accurate Naturalist, Robert Marsham, Esq." ' — and pays a courtly com- pliment to the ' fair unknown, whose soft hand has given the specimen a truly delicate and feathery appearance.' Other occurrences are recorded by Mr. Saunders in his Manual, ed. 2, p. 119. 49. Pied Wagtail. Motacilla lugubris, Tem- minck. Common in summer, but the greater num- ber leave us for a short time in midwinter. 50. White Wagtail. Motacilla alba, Linn. An occasional visitor to Norfolk. It is believed in three instances to have paired and bred with the pied wagtail. 229