20 THE BIRDS OF SUFFOLK. 



prefixed to the name of a bird in the text this denotes that 

 it has already been published as a Suffolk species, but 

 that its claim to be so considered is in my opinion 

 doubtful. When the asterisk (*) is prefixed to the 

 name of a bird in a note, this shows that, although it has 

 been published as having occurred in Suffolk, it has been 

 so published in manifest error. 



When I am aware that a bird has nested in the county, 

 the fact is always recorded. I have also mentioned under 

 each of the rarer species the months in which it is stated to 

 have occurred.* I regret that these have not been nearly as 

 fully noticed as I could have wished, and also that I am 

 able to say very little about the migrations of different 

 species. 



The Catalogue, and it does not profess to be more than 

 a Catalogue, which I now present to my readers is as 

 complete as I have been able to make it from the materials 

 enumerated above. Of course it is hopeless in a work of 

 this kind to expect to avoid omissions and mistakes; some, 

 doubtless, T have made myself, while those of others I may 

 not have discovered ; it is often difficult, and in some cases 

 impossible, to verify the correctness of many of the 

 observations recorded by various persons and at different 

 times. I venture, however, to hope that it may do some- 

 thing towards increasing our statistical knowledge of the 

 avifauna of one of the richest ornithological districts in 

 England. 



•They are mentioned among the particulars in each District, and are also 



recapitulated below. 



