24 CATALOGUE OF THE BIRDS OF SUFFOLK. 



rivers and large pieces of water. — Spald. List., xxxv. 

 Bather scarce in Suffolk. 



East Suffolk. 



1. One shot near Yarmouth, May 28, 1849 (Bury Museum). One or 

 two shot nearly every year on Breydon, or the Broads (Paget, Y. 3) ; a 

 male shot on Breydon, Aug. 2, 1850 (Bury Museum) ; a fine adult bird 

 killed there May 1871 ; and an immature bird, in Aug. 1874 

 (H. Stevenson in Z. 2nd S. 2830 and 4292). Fritton, 1855 (Creed MS.). 

 An adult male from Somerleyton, shot in June 1851, formerly in 

 possession of Sir M. Peto. Bart., now in possession of Mr. J. H. 

 Gurney (J. H. Gurney, jun. in litt. ; C. B. ! ; J. 0. Harper in Z. 

 3207). One shot at Lowestoft, in 1855 (H. Stevenson in litt.) ; another, 

 in the winter of 1880-81 (Freeman, v.v.) ; and another in Oct. 1882, 

 preserved by Gunn (J. H. Gurney, jun. in litt.). A very fine specimen 

 in the possession of Mr. Crickmore, of Beccles (S. and "W. u. s.), 

 from the neighbourhood (1). 



2. One killed on Lord Huntingfield's estate ; in his collection (Lord 

 Huntingfield in litt.). Observed a few times along the shore at 

 Aldeburgh (Hele MS.) ; seen in 1830 (Acton, in Loudon's Mag. 

 N. H. iv. (1831), 163) ; shot there (James MS.). Seen Oct. 16, 1875, 

 hovering over the Aide, about six miles from the sea (Clark-Kennedy 

 in Z. 2nd S. 4690). One seen near Slaughdcn, Nov. 1874 (Hele 

 MS. and Field). A male, killed at Thorpe, Oct. 16 1874 ; the stomach 

 contained mole fur ; it had carried away a tame duck out of the 

 mere (Hele in Field). One shot on Sudbourn Hall estate ; in Sir 

 Richard Wallace's Collection (C. B. !). Shot near Orford, 1834 

 (Seaman's Catalogue of the Hoy Collection). One seen in the autumn 

 of 1880, about Orford and Sudbourn (H. Turner in lift.). 



3. A specimen killed at Kendlesham, and a pair killed at Butley ; 

 in Lord Rendlesham's Collection (C. B. !). One shot by Mr. Howard, 

 at Ptushmere (G. Ransome in Z. 1692). Holbrook, July, 1875 (L. 

 Travis in litt.). 



West Suffolk. 



5. A remarkably fine specimen, shot at Redgrave, in Oct. 1875, by 

 Mr. Holt Wilson (Wilson MS. and H. Stevenson in Z. 2nd S. 4776 ; 

 C. B. !). 



6. One shot at Kentwell Hall, Melford, about 1860 ; in possession 

 of Capt. Bence (Hawkins MS. and C. B. !). One shot at Stoke-by- 

 Nayland, by Mr. Hoy, about 1834; in the Hoy Collection (Bree in 

 Field, and Seaman's Catalogue). 



7. Four or five observed near Thetford, Oct. 1859 (Stev. B. of 

 N. i. 6). 



8. One shot at Culford, where it was seen fishing for several days, 

 about 1840, now preserved at the Hall (A. "Newton v.v., and E. R. 

 Benyon hi lilt.). A fine male, caught by a labourer in a tree, near Bury 



