8 THK BIRDS OF SUFFOLK. 



then contained nearly 1 70 different species of British birds. 

 The collections of all sorts are now dispersed ; the sale 

 catalogue (June 4th, 1872), of which I possess a copy, 

 enumerates their contents, but not in a very satisfactory 

 manner. 



(4.) Aldeburgh. — The birds contained in the Museum 

 were formerly in the possession of Mr. Hele, and were 

 collected from the neighbourhood. (See above.) 



(#.) Public Collections not in the county : — 



(1.) British Museum. — Only a very few birds in the 

 British Collection are labelled as having been found in 

 Suffolk, They are also noticed in G. R. Gray's Catalogue of 

 British Birds, which specifies all the British-killed examples 

 of such as are contained in the Museum. 



(2.) Cambridge University Museum. — A considerable 

 number of Suffolk specimens are contained in the Collection 

 of British birds formerly belonging to the Cambridge 

 Philosophical Society. They are almost entirely from 

 Elveden and the neighbourhood, and, with scarcely an 

 exception, have been presented by Professor Newton, and 

 his brother, Mr. Edward Newton. 



(<?.) Private Collections in the county here enumerated 

 and briefly described according to their position in the 

 above eight districts. They belong to the following 

 noblemen and gentlemen : — 



(1.) Mr. Coleman, Gorleston. — A smVl but choice Col- 

 lection, from the neighbourhood of Yarmouth. 



Sir Savile Crossley, Bart., Somerleyton Hall. — A small 

 Collection of British and Foreign birds, including a few 

 rarities from the neighbourhood ; the localities of many of 

 the birds are unknown. 



(2.) Lord Huntingfield, Heveningham Hall.' — This 

 Collection of British birds is one of the largest in the 

 county, and a fair proportion of the specimens are from 

 Suffolk. 



Sir Richard Wallace, Bart., M.P., Sudbourn Hall. The 

 Collection of birds procured from this estate, principally in 



