CATALOGUE OF THE BIRDS OF SUFFOLK. 5 1 



Districts all. This winter visitant is common over nearly- 

 all the county; but Mr. Salmon never saw it at Thetford, 

 where the Fieldfare visits the neighbourhood in large flocks 

 (Loudon Mag. N. H. ix. (1836) 526). A nest with the 

 old birds taken at Sir P. Broke's at N acton in the spring 

 of 1815 (Whitear's Diary 258). It is strange that this 

 information should not have been repeated in S. and W.'s 

 Catalogue, and its omission is suspicious. 



Blackbird, Turdus merula, L. 



S. and W. Cat. 16. Catalogued only. 



Districts all. Common everywhere in the county. 

 Nests. A buff variety shot at Cockfield is in Mrs. 

 Baldwin's possession (C. B. !) ; another, shot near Melford 

 Hall, is in Sir W. Parker's possession (C. B. !). Pied 

 specimens have been noticed at Lowestoft, one stayed 

 there nearly the whole of 1875 (Thirtle in litt.) ; Blaxhall 

 in Dec. 1873, the cheeks were white (Rope in Z. 2nd S. 

 3865) ; Thornham, in Lord Henniker's Collection (Lord 

 Henniker v. v. C.B.I); Cockfield in Dec. 1878 (in my 

 Collection) ; Great Barton, where one with a well-defined 

 patch of white at each side of the neck appeared at the Hall 

 three winters successively, 1879, '80, and J 81 ; it was very 

 tame (Sir C. Bunbury in litt.) ; Hessett, where one partially- 

 white was shot about 1850; in possession of Mr. Brewer 

 of Little Whelnetham (C. B. !) ; and at Brocklev (Cutmore 

 v.v., C. B. !). 



Eing Ouzel, Turdus torguaius, L. 



S. and W. Cat. 16. Most commonly seen in October. — 

 Spald. List, xxxvi. 



East Suffolk. 



1. Yarmouth, rare (Hunt in Stacey, Hist of Nor. lxx ) ; rather rare (Paget 

 Y. 4) ; Yarmouth, end of April 1847 (Gurney and Fisher in Z. 1769). 

 Two pairs said to have nested at Gunton in 1849 (J. H. Gurney in Z. 

 2589) ; a piebald variety was shot there in Oct. 1868 (T. E. Gunn in Z. 

 2nd S. 1513). Nested in a garden at Lowestoft about 1804 (S. and W. 

 u. s.) ; visits the place every spring (Thirtle in litt.) ; seen there by 

 Mr. J. H. Gurney jun. (J. H. Gurney, jun., in litt.) ; one, a male bird, 

 taken there. (Newcome Collection). 



