56 CATALOGUE OF THE BIRDS OF SUFFOLK. 



able tract in West Suffolk, (see Salmon in Loudon's Mag, 

 N. H. ix. (1836) 526, who says that is quite unknown in 

 the neighbourhood of Thetford). Its skulking habits 

 probably cause it to be often overlooked. 



Sedge Warbler, Salicaria phragmitis (Bechstein). 

 S. and W. Cat. 17. 



Districts all. It appears to be common or not uncommon 

 everywhere in marshy places and near rivers. Breeds. 



Eeed Warbler,§ Salicaria sirepera. (Vieillot). 

 S. and W. Cat. 17. — Spald. List, xxxvi. Catalogued 

 only. 



East Suffolk. 



1. Oulton Broad ; nests. (G. Mason in litt.). 



2. Westleton, nests (Spalding MS.). Common at Aldeburgh (Hele, 

 Aid. 178). 



3. Woodbridge (Moor MS.). Common in reed beds at Tattingstone 

 and Walton (Kerry MS.). Seen at Higham and elsewhere (S. and W. 

 Cat. u. s.). 



4. Bramford (Haward MS.). Frequents the reed beds in the Gipping 

 (S. and W. Cat. u. s.). Breeds plentifully at Bosmere ; the cuckoo 

 frequently lays in its nest. (H. Lingwood in litt). 



West Suffolk. 



5. Redgrave (Wilson MS.). 



6. Abounds on the banks of the Stour where it breeds (Kinsf, List). 

 Stoke-by-Nayland (Hoy in Loudon's Mag. 1ST. H. iii. H830) 436). 



7. Brandon (Newton in litt). Rare about Thetford (Salmon in 

 Loudon's Mag. N. H. ix. (1836), 526. 



8. In reed beds at Euston, Barnham, and Culford (Newton in litt) ; 

 bred near Euston Bridge, June, 1834 (Salmon u.s.). Livermere (James 

 MS.). 



Nests. 



§ Sati's Warbler, Salicaria rare bird may have occurred in Suffolk. 



luscinioides (Savi). It has certainly been met with near the 



A nest said to have been found near borders of the county, both in Norfolk 



Yarmouth was in Mr. Newcome's Col- and Cambridgeshire, at Feltwell and 



lection at Feltwell (Stev. B. of N.\. 113). Wicken Fens (see Newton's Yarrell i. 



It is just possible therefore that this very 392, 393). 



