46 CATALOGUE OF THE BIRDS OF SUFFOLK. 



Suffolk as the Wall-bird, because it often nests in walls. 

 — Spald. List, xxxvi. Catalogued only. 



Districts all. Recorded generally as common or not 

 uncommon. Nests. It is a troublesome bird in gardens, 

 from its habit of settling on the leaders of coniferous trees, 

 which it frequently breaks. 



Pied Flycatcher, Muscicapa atricapilla, L. 



S. and W. Cat. 14. — Spald. List, xxxvi. Has been 

 noticed in Suffolk. 



East Suffolk. 



1. Yarmouth, only rarely met with (Paget T. 4). Killed at Burgh 

 Castle May 1853 (Creed MS.). A pair said to have nested by the side 

 of Fritton Broad (Stev. B. of N. i. 68). A pair caught by Mr. Downes 

 in his garden at Gunton, April 29, 1813 (S. and W. u. s., and Stev. 

 B. of N. u. s. from Sir Wm. Hooker, referring to same birds ?). An old 

 male and a young female shot at Gunton early in May 1862 (Stev. B. of 

 N. u. s. ); an immigration observed there in Sept. 1868 by Mr. G. G. 

 Fowler, first noticed on the 14th, the birds seemed abundant everywhere 

 on the 15th, and on the 16th not so many but still numerous ; the 

 last shot on the 21st ; not a single adult specimen obtained ; since 

 then a pair or two have generally been seen in the neighbourhood every 

 year (H. Stevenson in Z. 2nd S. 1492-3). A male shot at Lowestoft in 

 May 1849 (Harper in Z. 2985). 



2. A male bird seen flying about the beach near Sizewell June 1869 

 (Clark-Kennedy in Z. 2nd S. 1862). Very rare at Aldeburgh ; one seen 

 in the churchyard, not later than 1870 (Hele, Aid. 83), and one obtained 

 in Sept. some years later (Hele in MM.) 



3. One shot at Woodbridge about 1856 by Mr. W. H. M. Carthew 

 (Carthew MS.). A male in Mr. Moor's garden at Great Beatings, May 

 1856 ; the only one he ever saw alive (Moor MS.). 



4. A fine male shot at Battisford May 1849 (H. Lingwoodin^. 2849) t 



West Suffolk. 



5. One shot by Mr. W. Clarke at Brome in 1834, making a note like 

 a young Goldfinch (W. Clarke in lift.). 



6. One seen on the road between Bury and Sudbury by Mr. King, 

 and a pair seen in 1836 on the Ipswich road just beyond Hadleigh (King, 

 List). OneshotSept. 7th, 1832, atStoke-by-Nayland; others met with in the 

 neighbourhood in spring and autumn, but never known to breed (J. D. 

 Hoy in Loudon's Mag. N. H. vi. (1833) 151). - Bures, but only rarely 

 6een (A. H anbury in lift. J . 



7. Seen by Mr. E. Newton at Elveden April 30, 1859 (Stev. B. of 

 N. i. 68). One at Ousden in 1866 (Bilson in Journ. Suff. Inst. 23). 



