CONTENTS. 



Introduction. 



Division of thp County into ei^ht districts. Authorities used for the 

 birds of each district. Public Collections "referred to. Private 

 Collections. List of other authorities. Early notices of Suffolk 

 Ornithologv ; Willughby, Ray, Pennant, Bewick, Montagu, and others. 

 Notices of Works on the Ornithology of other counties ; and of Norfolk 

 and Suffolk conjointly by Sheppard and Whitear. Spaldings' Catalogue 

 of Suffolk birds. Notices in periodical Works ; Annals of Naturai 

 History, Zoologist, &a. Arrangement according to Harting's Handbook 

 of British Birds, here followed, pp. 1 — 20. 



Catalogue of the Birds op Suffolk. 

 Order I. — Raptores, pp. 21 — 42. 



,, IT. — Insessores, pp. 42 — 104. 



„ III.— Rasores, pp. 104— 110. 



„ IV.— Grallatores, pp. 1 1 1—1 70. 

 V.— Natatores, pp. 170—228. 

 Appendix. — Accidental Visitors, pp. 229 — 249. 

 Additional Localities, pp. 249 — 254. 

 Additional Months, p. 255. 

 Additional Authorities, pp. 256 — 257. 



Distribution of the Birds of Suffolk. 



Extent and natural character of the county of Suffolk. Cornland and 

 pastures. Heathland. " Breck " district. Woods and ancient forests. 

 Marsh and fen land. Hills. No rocks or moors. Character of the sea coast. 

 E-iluaries and tidal lakes ; other lakes and broads. Rivers. Absence 

 and rarity of certain birds. Decrease of birds of the woods, of the 

 " Breck," and of the fens. Increase of small birds generally ; birds of 

 theheaths. Birds of the broads and lakes, and of tne sea coast. Number 

 of tin birds of Suffolk, residents and migrants. Number of the 

 Accidental Visitors. Comparison of the number of Suffolk birds with 

 those of other counties. Good results of the Act for the Preservation 

 of Wild Birds. Remarks upon local Catalogues of birds, pp. 258 — 274. 



