62 CATALOGUE OF THE BIRDS OF SUFFOLK. 



when he had reached his highest flight, and had been 

 proclaimed king, she rose still higher and was then pro- 

 claimed queen. 



Fam Certhiid^. 

 Tree Creeper, Certhia familiaris, L. 



S, and W. Cat. 30. Catalogued only. 



Districts all. Eecorded as common or not uncommon 

 except at Yarmouth (Paget), and Aldeburgh (Hele MS.), 

 where it is said to be rather rare. Nests. This bird is 

 known in some places in Suffolk as the Bark Kunner. 



Fam. Sittld^. 

 Nuthatch, Sitta ccesia, Meyer. 

 S. and W. Cat. 30. 



Districts all. Eecorded as common or not uncommon 

 except at Yarmouth (Paget), and about Aldeburgh (Hele), 

 where it is rather rare. Found wherever large trees are 

 numerous, but it is seldom abundant anywhere (see 

 however S. and W. u. s. who say that it was found 

 in their time " in great numbers at Campsey Ash "). 

 Nests. Col. Parker observed it build at Eattlesden in the 

 old nest of a Green Woodpecker, filling up so much of the 

 entrance with clay as would suit its own size (see also S. 

 and W. u. s.). It has now been discovered that the 

 British species is not the same as the northern Sitta 

 Europwa of Linnaeus. (Newton u. s. 473-7). 



A variety almost white with a few chocolate feathers at the 

 vent, and here and there a dark feather mixed with the 

 plumage was shot by T. Thornhill, Esq., at Eiddles worth 

 Park, Aug. 17, 1834, and preserved by Messrs. Eeynolds, 

 of Thetford, (Loud. Mag, N. H. viii. (1835), 112). 



Fam. Parid^. 

 Great Titmouse, Par us major, L. 

 S. and W. Cat 23. 



Districts all. Common throughout the county. Nests. 

 One was seen during the first few months of 1878 at Tostock 



