34 CATALOGUE OF THE BIRDS OF SUFFOLK. 



districts, and formerly, as it would appear, common. 

 Observed however by Mr. T. M. Spalding in 1846 to be 

 scarce even at that time; and it may be presumed to be still 

 scarcer on the whole now; although it is recorded even lately 

 to have been abundant in some years. Adult specimens 

 appear to be very rare (see Stev. B. of N. i. 28). 



Rough-legged Buzzard, Buteo lagopus (Gmelin). 

 Lewin, Brit. Birds i. (1789) pi. xiv. (recorded from 

 Suffolk).— Montagu, Ornith. Diet. s.v. (1802) (two 

 recorded from Suffolk ; one of them, a male, figured). — 

 Hunt, Brit. Ornith. i. (1815) 27 (one recorded from 

 Suffolk). — S. and W. Cat. 6. — Spald. List, xxxv. Rare. 



East Suffolk. 



1. Eare about Yarmouth, a few shot at various times (Paget, T. 3) ; 

 rather numerous near that place in 1859 (Stev. B. of N. i. 31) ; one 

 shot near Yarmouth Dec. 1868 ; two immature birds shot in Dec. 1876, 

 and another specimen in Jan. 1877 (H. Stevenson in Z. 2nd S. 1496, 

 and 3rd S. i. 98, 431). One shot at Fritton in 1881 (Page v.v.). 

 A beautifully-marked mature female killed at Mutford in Jan. 1866 

 (T. E.Gunn in Z. 2nd S. 142). 



2. Two killed at Benacre in 1843 (Spald. List, u. s.). One taken at 

 Thorington Hall in spring about 1845 ; in Capt, Bence's Collection 

 (Capt. Bence v.v., C. B. !). One shot at Westleton in 1843 by Mr. S. A. 

 Woods (Spald. List, u.s., and Sale, Lot 333). One shot by Mr. T. M. 

 Spalding on Easton Common by Southwold (F. Spalding MS.). A male 

 shot by Mr. Hillen hovering over a pond in which were some ducks at 

 Knodishall in Oct. 1868 (T. E. Gunn in Z. 2nd S. 1513, and H. Stevenson 

 in Z. 2nd S. 1 697). Killed on Lord Huntingfield's estate ; in his collection 

 (Lord Huntingfield in lift.). Only occasionally found near Aldeburgh ; five 

 killed in Oct. and Nov. 1865 (He'le, AM. 70, and H. Stevenson in Z. 2nd S. 

 86), and one in Nov. 1876 (Kerry MS.). One at Wantisden in Nov. 1876 

 (Major Barnardiston v.v.) ; three trapped there in Oct. 1881 (Asten v.v., 

 C. B. !). Two shot on the Sudbourn Hall estate ; in Sir B. Wallace's 

 Collection (C. B. !). 



3. Rendlesham, where it is not very uncommon, being seen almost every 

 autumn ; twelve killed there in one year ; the bird is in Lord Ptendlesham's 

 Collection (Lord Rendlesham v.v., C. B. !). One reported to have been 

 shot at Butley (S. and W. u. s.). A female nearly mature killed near 

 Woodbridge Nov. 1847 (F. W. Johnson in Z. 2063) ; eight taken 

 near that place Nov. and Dec. 1876 ^C. Moor in Z. 3rd S. i. 25) ; one 

 taken between Woodbridge and Orford (W. P. T. Phillips' Collection). 

 One caught about 1880 in Playford Wood by Mr. M. Biddell (M. biddell 

 in litt.). Two specimens shot at Hollesley ; now in the Seckford 



