48 CATALOGUE OF THE BIRDS OF SUFFOLK. 



8. A fine male shot at Ixworth in July 1868, in possession of Mr. 

 E. Greene, M.P. of Nether Hall (W. Clarke in Field, quoted in Z. 

 2nd S. 2765 ; Bilson in Journ. Suff. Inst. 23, who gives June 1 1867). 

 One shot at Ickworth in June i869 (Creed MS.), and another in 

 1872 (Bilson MS.). Rushbrooke, about 1850 (W. M. White v. v.). 

 One was shot by the Rev. H. Hasted on an apple tree in the 

 Rectory grounds at Bradfield Combust in May 1860 (J. S. Phillips in 

 Hit. and Bilson in Journ. Suff. List. 23 ; now preserved at the Hall 

 C. B. !). 



Twice supposed above to have bred. Meyer, III. Br. 

 Birds, ii., 35, pi. liii., figures a nest from Suffolk. See 

 also A. G. More, in Ibis 1865, 21, and Hewitson Eggs 

 Brit. Birds, 94, 3rd Ed. 



Months. — April, May, June, July, August. 



Districts.— -1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8. 



Has been met with in different parts of the county, 

 but very rarely. Col. Leathes writes that Herringfleet only 

 a few years ago was noted for the appearance of this bird, 

 but that he never sees it now (1876). 



Fam. Cinclid^;. 



Dippee, Cinclus aquaticus, Bechstein. 



S. and W. Cat. 16. A few killed in this part of the 

 kingdom. — Spald. List xxxvi. Bare; one killed in 1844, in 

 possession of Sir E. Bo water, Sotterley Hall. — Mr. Cordeaux 

 (in Miller and Skertchley Fenland District, 377 note), 

 mentions the black-breasted form of this bird ( C.melanogaster, 

 Gould) as occurring occasionally in Suffolk. 



East Suffolk. 



1. One shot at Burgh (? Suffolk or Norfolk) Nov. 1816 which Mr. 

 Youell has (Paget, Y. 4). One brought to Mr. Thirtle in the flesh from 

 the neighbourhood of Lowestoft Nov. 1868 (Thirtle in Hit). 



2. One killed at Thorpe Nov. 1859 by Capt. James ; said to be seen 

 occasionally in the river Aide above Snape Bridge (Hele, Aid. 99). 



3. One of the black-breasted form shot about thirty-five years ago in 

 Boulge Hall Park, in possession of Mr. Joseph Smith of Thorpe Hall, 

 Hasketon (Moor MS., Joseph Smith in litt. f C. B. !). Shot in the neigh- 



