66 CATALOGUE OF THE BIRDS OF SUFFOLK. 



unfrequeiit, generally from November to March. — Spald. 

 List, xxxvi. Visits us at distant periods only. 



East Suffolk. 



1. Yarmouth rare, several were shot in 1829 (Paget, Y. 5) ; one 

 killed near that place about 1820, in possession of Mr. Grapes of 

 Newport, Isle of Wight (Meyer, Brit. Birds iii. 163, Ed. 1857). One 

 procured in the neighbourhood Feb. 1848 (Strangeways in Z, 2064) ; 

 abundant Jan. and Dec. 1866-7 ; thirty-seven shot (Overend, and T. 

 E. Gunn in Z. 2nd S. 633). A pair shot at Gorleston Dec. 19, 

 1882 (W. Lowne in litt.). Now and then seen on the borders of 

 Fritton Decoy (Leathes in lilt. 1876). Seen in considerable numbers 

 at Herringfleet in the winter of 1810 (S. and W. Cat. u.s.). About one 

 every year comes under Mr. Thirtle's notice at Lowestoft (Thirtle in 

 litt.). One taken there about 1876, and eight or ten shot near Mutford 

 Bridge in 1871 (Freeman v. v.). Two males and a female killed at 

 Barnby in Dec. 1847 ; one escaped (Gurney and Fisher in Z. 2017). 

 A pair shot at Bungay feeding on hawthorn berries in a severe winter 

 about 1850 (F. Spalding MS. and Lot 262 in Spalding's Sale); 

 another pair shot Nov. 15, 1882 by E. P. Youell Esq. (G. Smith in litt.); 

 and a female taken Feb. 19, 1883 (Lowne in litt.). 



2. Five or six said to have been seen at South wold Nov. 9, 1878 (H. 

 Stevenson in Z. 3rd S. iii. 158). A fine male shot at Leiston Jan. 

 1868 (Neave in Z. 2nd S. 1097). Shot at Akleburgh (James MS. from 

 Col. Stewart). 



3. Two shot Jan. 1828 at Burgh ; now at the Rectory in possession 

 of Rev. H. Barlow (Moor MS. and Acton in Loudon's Mag. N. It. iv. 

 (1831) 163). Near Woodbridge (W. P. T. Phillips' Collection ; C. B !). 

 A prodigious flock seen in a grove at Bawdsey by Mr. Page of that 

 place some years before 1824 (S. and W. u. s.) 



4. Two seen about 1840 at Stonham (W. M. White v.v.). A 

 male and female from Needham Market in 1865 (Bilson in Joum.Suff. 

 Inst. 23). One shot at Bramford in winter 1845, in possession of Mr. 

 Haward (Haward MS.). Six shot near Ipswich Dec. 1830 (Hoy in 

 Loudon's Mag N. II. iv. (1831) 344) ; several others observed in the 

 beginning of 1848, seven procured (Johnson in Z. 2064) ; five sent in 

 one day to the Ipswich Museum in 1849 ; one of them, a male, had wax 

 tips on every feather of the tail (Bilson in Journ. Stiff. Inst. 23), and 

 three procured in Jan. 1867 (" Field " quoted in Z. 2nd S. 634). 



West Suffolk. 



5. One seen by Rev. H. K. Creed at Redgrave about 1840 (Creed 

 MS.). Two observed in Nov. 1 872 by Rev. A. Foster-Melliar in his garden 

 at Redgrave. One shot at Botesdale about 1869, in possession ot the 

 late Rector (A. Foster-Melliar MS.). Killed at Thrandeston ; in Sir E 



