58 CATALOGUE OF THE BIRDS OF SUFFOLK. 



the English Mocking-bird,* as it imitates the notes of the 

 Blackbird, Thrush, Nightingale, Eedstart, and Sedge 

 Warbler, and besides its own peculiar whistle, frequently 

 makes a noise resembling that of a pair of shears used in 

 clipping a fence. The male bird sometimes sits on the eggs 

 in the absence of the female (p. 18). 



Garden Warbler, Sylvia hortensis (Gmelin). 



S. and W. Cat. 18. 



Districts all. Eecorded as common or not uncommon 

 throughout the county. Nests. This bird appears to 

 have become more common of late years, or to have 

 been more observed. Sheppard and Whitear seem to 

 imply that they had not met with it frequently in Norfolk 

 and Suffolk as they say that " it has been found in the 

 neighbourhood of Ipswich" and that they " have received 

 its eggs from Diss." Salmon in Loud. Mag. N. H. ix. 

 (1836) 526, thought that it did not visit the Thetford 

 district. Prof. Newton found it breeding at Elveden in 

 May, 1844; he observes that it is less common than the 

 preceding (in Z. 723 and v.v.). 



Whitethroat, Sylvia cinerea (Latham.) 



S. and W. Cat. 19. Catalogued only. 



Districts all. Common throughout the county. Nests. 

 Sheppard and Whitear give " Hay Jack " as another 

 name for this bird ; Mr. Thirtle applies it to the Lesser 

 Whitethroat. Professor Newton writes that Hay Jack is 

 a local name for any bird that builds a nest of open work 

 with fine grass, 



Lesser Whitethroat, Sylvia sylviella (Latham.) 

 S. and W. Cat. 19. Norfolk localities only given. 

 Districts all. Eecorded as common at Yarmouth (Paget), Bealings 



* Professor Newton (in litt.) says that Mocking-bird is very appliable to the 



this remark does not accord with his Sedge-Warbler. Perhaps it was of this 



experience of the Blackcap. Mr. J. H. bird that S. and W. were thinking. 

 Gurney, jun., writes that the name of 



