TRANSACTIONS. 
OF 
THE LINNEAN SOCIETY. 
I. A Catalogue of the Norfolk and Suffolk Birds; with Remarks. 
By the Rev. Revett Sheppard, A.M. F.L.S. and the Rev. Wil- 
lian Whitear, A. M. F.L.S. 
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Read April 20, 1824, and May 3, 1825. 
THE proximity of the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk to the 
northern part of the Continent, affords an opportunity to many 
migrative species of birds to visit these parts of the kingdom, in 
their passage to and from their breeding haunts. The abundance 
of food which the sea-coasts, rivers, and marshes supply to the 
waders and web-footed birds forms an attraction to these tribes. 
Hence this district is particularly favourable to the pursuits of 
ornithologists. The following paper has been drawn up with a 
view to facilitate such pursuits, and to illustrate the history of 
several species of birds. Its object will be sufficiently answered 
if this end shall be in any degree accomplished ; and, at the 
same time, some light thrown upon the wisdom and goodness of 
the Author of Nature in the works of his creation. 
The classification and names adopted are those of the second 
edition of Temminck’s Manuel d'Ornithologie, a work which 
VOL. XV. B evinces 
