CATALOGUE OF THE BIRDS OF SUFFOLK. 55 



Naturalist for 1853), Sudbury (King), and Gazeley (Tearle) ; and as 

 rare about Bramford (Haward), and Cockfield (C. B!). Nests have been 

 observed at Westleton (F. Spalding), Thetford Warren (Hawkins), and 

 Elveden (A. Newton). 



Bather a local species, although abundant in some parts, 

 especially in the " Breck " country of District 7, where, Prof. 

 Newton tells me, it breeds in every parish. It usually 

 selects for nesting a deserted rabbit-hole, placing its six 

 light blue eggs some little distance from the entrance 

 (Salmon in Loudon, Mag. N. H. ix. (1836) 523.) A 

 variety with white wings, two or three primaries being buff, 

 was killed at Thetford in July 1850 (J. H. Gurney in Z. 

 2923). 



Gbasshoppee Waeblee, Salicaria Locustella (Latham). 



S. and W. Cat. 16. — Spald. List, xxxvi. Catalogued 

 only. 



East Suffolk. 



1. Yarmouth, occasionally met with, but rare (Paget, Y. 5). 



2. Seen near Aldeburgh Oct. 1871 (J. H Gurney in Z. 2nd S. 2866 

 and Hele MS.). 



3. One seen June 1871 near Mr. Moor's house at Great Bealings 

 (E. C. Moor in Z. 2nd S. 2865). 



4. Heard almost every year at Needham Market ; it bred several 

 seasons at Combs Wood, and once at Creeting (H. Lingwood in litt ; 

 see also Naturalist for 1853, 109). A male killed near Ipswich, May, 

 1859, was in Mr. Dix's and is now in Miss Dix's Collection (Miss Dix 

 in litt). 



West Suffolk. 



5. Shot by W. Clarke, at Oakley (C. B. !) ; the bird, though scarce, 

 occasionally breeds in the clover fields at that place (W. Clarke in litt.). 



6. Sudbury, only once seen by Mr. King (King, List). Nested May 

 15, 1820 in a wood at Stoke by-Nayland where others have been killed 

 or seen, one as early as April 14. (S. and W. u. s. ; Hoy in Loudon's 

 Mag. N. H. iii. (1830), 436). 



Nests. 



Months. — April, May, June, October. 



Districts.— I, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. 



Not common, but has been found in different parts of 

 the county ; it has not yet been recorded from a consider- 



