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Knoddishall, in Mr. Hillen's possession (Hillen v. v. 0. B. !). A male 

 specimen killed Oct. 24, 1866 at Aldeburgh ; another killed near the 

 Martello Tower Oct. 1871 ; two other examples met with by Mr. Hele, 

 who does not think it so rare as is generally supposed (Hele, Aid. 80, 

 and MS. ; James MS.). Sudbourn, Jan. 1881 (T. Carthew in litt). 



3. One shot at Eice Hall near Whitton in Nov. 1 882, now in the 

 Ipswich Museum. One shot on Hush mere Heath early in Dec. 1882 

 (Mash in litt.). One trapped at Higham by Mr. Hoy early in Dec. 

 1819 (S. and W. u. s.) 



4. A male obtained by Mr. Lingwood at Creeting in 1855, another 

 seen two or three times near Needham Market in 1880 (H. Lingwood in 

 litt.). A female seen at Baylham in July 1816 (S. and TV. u. s.). One 

 shot at Bramford in the winter of 1847 by Mr. Haward, who has it ; 

 he has noticed others in the neighbourhood (Haward MS.). Near 

 Ipswich, autumn and winter 1829-30 (Hoy in Loudon's Mag. N. H. 

 iii. (1830) 436) ; several at Ipswich recently ; one killed Dec. 2, 1882, 

 is in the Museum (Podd v. v. ; J. E. Taylor and H. Turner in Z. 3rd S. 

 vii. 125, 178). 



West Suffolk. 



5. Shot at Worth am ; was in Mr. Creed's possession (Creed MS.). At 

 Oakley occasionally ; in Sir E. Kerrison's Collection (W. Clarke MS ). 

 One seen by Mr. Moor at Wetheringsett in Jan, 1827 ; the only one 

 he ever saw alive (Moor MS.). A male and a female shot near 

 Stowmarket in the winter of 1848-9 (C. Bree in Z. 2412). 



6. One seen on an island in the moat at Cockfield Rectory, July 26 

 1877 (C. B. !).* One killed at Thorpe Morieux in Jan. 1844 (in W. 

 Cocksedge's possession, C. B. !); another seen there by him in 1874 (W. 

 Cocksedge v.v.) ; another, immature, killed there Feb. 8, 1881 (in my 

 Collection, C. B.). Seen near Chilton Hall, surrounded by a clamorous 

 crowd of small birds (King, List). Generally observed every year near 

 Stoke-by-Nayland (Hoy in Loudon's Mag. N. H. iv. (1831) 341). One 

 taken there Dec. 1835, and another seen in the neighbourhood about 



* More than one of my ornithological has heen found in England. It can 

 friends have naturally been a little sus- only however be regarded as a marked 

 picious that I have made some mistake variety or sub-species (see H. Seebohm 

 about the month. I observed the bird Hist. Brit. Birds i., 595, Lond. 1888). 

 distinctly through an opera glass from a Four of the specimens which I have been 

 window about 40 yards distant, and able to re-examine belong to L. excubitor 

 entered the notice in my diary at the which has two distinct white marks 

 time. It is indeed just possible that it across the wing, while L. major has only 

 might have been the Lesser Grey Shrike, one, but Mr. Burrell's bird from "Westley 

 which is a summer immigrant on the and mine from Thorpe Morieux (both 

 Continent, but has been met with in immature) agree with one from Heligoland, 

 Britain only a very few times. It has labelled L. major in Mr. Seebohm'a 

 been suggested to me that the above list Collection, kindly lent by him for corn- 

 may include specimens of Pallas' Grey parison. Intermediate forms are said to 

 Shrike (Lanivs major, Pallas) which occur. 



