CATALOGUr, OE THE BIRD? OF SUFFOLK 27 



county ; more frequently observed along and near the coast, 

 and in the sandy districts of Lackford Hundred. 



Hobby. Faleo subbuteo (L ) 



S. and"W. Cat. 2 (Catalogued only). — Spald. List,xxxv. 

 A summer visitant scarce and difficult to procure. 



East Suffolk. 



1. Not uncommon about Yarmouth in summer (Paget, Y. 8). One 

 killed near that place, in Feb. some years before 1858 (H. Stevenson 

 in Z. 6058). One killed at Flixton, in 1839 (Spald. u. s.). 

 Only very occasionally visits Lowestoft (Thirtle MS ). Brod in a 

 Scotch fir at Worlingham, about 1866 or 1867 (W. M. Crowfoot in 

 litt). 



2. Benacre, July 1853 (Cambridge Museum) ; two eggs in Messrs. 

 Newton's Collection, from Benacre (Newton, Oothec a Woll. 110 ; Dresser 

 B. of Eur.). Killed on Lord Hunting-field's estate (Lord Huntingfield in 

 litt. ; C. B. !). Aldeburgh (James MS.) ; extremely rare in that neigh- 

 bourhood (Hele, Aid. 73). Two from Sudbourn Hall Estate ; in Sir R. 

 Wallace's Collection (C. B.!). 



3. Pettistree, June, 1880 ; very rare in the neighbourhood (Asten, 

 v.v. ; C. B. !). A nestling obtained near Woodbridge, and kept alive 

 for several years by Mr. Hele (Hele, Aid. 73). Woodbridge district ; in 

 possession of Mr. Hillen (W. H. M. Carthew, MS.) ; observed at that 

 place in Dec. 1876 (C. Moor, in Z. 3d S. i. 25). A fine specimen 

 kdled by the telegraph wires at Martlesham in Oct.. 1882. Stuffed by 

 Podd (Mash in litt.). Shot at Hoo Farm, Sutton (W. P. T. Phillips' 

 Collection, C. B. !). An immature bird, shot at Holbrook, near Ipswich, 

 Oct. 1878 (H. Turner, who has it, in litt.). 



4. Bramford, rare (Haward, MS.). 



. West Suffolk. 



5. Occasionally at Oakley ; in Sir E. Kerrison's Collection (Clarke;, 

 MS.). Eggs taken by Mr. T. M. Spalding, from Palmer's Grove, at 

 Brome (F. Spalding MS.). Used to breed at Gipping, within Dr. 

 Bree's recollection (C. R. Bree, v.v.). One shot in the covers of 

 Finborough Hall, Jan. 1877, find another some months previously 

 (H. K. Creed, in Z. 3d S. i. 179). 



6. Rare about Sudbury ; a pair seen chasing a lark (King, List). 

 A hawk, apparently of this species, seen by me about 1875, in Cockfield 

 (C. B.). One at Assington (F. Lambarde, who has it, in litt.). Stoke- 

 by-Nayland ; young birds bred in the neighbourhood were brought up 

 tame by Mr. Hoy, and are now in the Hoy Collection (Hoy, in Loudon's 

 Mag. N. H. iii. (1830), 436). 



7. Two eggs from Burnt Fen. Mildenhall, in Messrs. Newton's Collec- 

 tion (Newton, Ooth. Woll 110; Dresser's B. of Evr.). A young bird 



