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They are the very birds to which the remarks and query (VI. 

 448.) of H. T. of Bury St. Edmunds relate. 



A Goshawk {A!stur ^alumbdrms), an adult male bird, in 

 most beautiful plumage, was, on March 16. 1833, caught by 

 a gamekeeper of Sir Joshua Rowley, Bart., of Stoke Nay land, 

 in a trap baited with a red-legged partridge, which it had 

 killed. I believe its capture to be an exceedingly rare occur- 

 rence in this part of the kingdom. I am not aware of more 

 than two or three instances of the goshawk's being killed in 

 the southern parts of Britain ; and, in those instances, I am 

 inclined to suspect they might be birds escaped from falconers, 

 as the goshawk has been trained and flown, at no very distant 

 date, in the counties of Norfolk, Cambridge, and Herts, in 

 which counties also the specimens were killed. 

 T/ie Merlin {Fdlco lE/salon) seen. 



The Peregrine Falcon {Fdlco peregrlnus) seen. 



The Hawfinch (Fringilla Coccolhraustes) [VI. 520., and, in 

 addition to the references there given, III. 436.] visited 

 us in small flocks, and many were seen and shot in different 

 parts of the county. Although the whitethorn berries were 

 abundant, the seeds of the sycamore and maple appeared to be 

 their favourite food, more particularly those of the sycamore. 

 A flock of eight or ten frequented some plantations near 

 Ipswich during a great part of the winter, and seemed to feed 

 almost entirely on the sycamore seeds. They were shy, and 

 difficult of approach. 



Siskins {Fringilla Splnus) were very abundant through the 

 winter, feeding principally on the seeds of the alder. 



S?ww Buntings {E?nbe?iza nivalis) in large flocks, in marshes 

 and fields contiguous to the coast. 



The Great Butcher Bird {Lanius excubitor) seen in Tendring 

 Hall Park, Sir J. Rowley, Bart., in February, 1833. 



[For mentions of its occurrence in various parts of Britain, 

 seel. 395.; III. 436.; V. 567. 723. Lanius excubitor, in 

 IV. 449., is wrongly introduced by myself: the author's bird 

 was Lanius Collurio. — J. Z).] 



Least Woodpecker {Vlcus mhior). Two specimens were shot. 

 It is a rare species in this locality. 



Little Gull {JLdrus minutus) shot. 



Little Gallinule {Galltnula mi7iuta) shot near Yarmouth. 



Gadwall Duck shot. 



A Black Stork {Cicbnia nigra) was shpt, in October, 1832, 

 in the parish of Otley, about eight miles from Ipswich, in this 

 county. I was informed of the circumstance by E. Acton, 

 Esq., of Grundisburgh, who can bear testimony to the fact, 

 having seen the bird, when in a high state of putrefaction, sus- 



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