05 CATALOGUE OF THE BIRDS OF SUFFOLK. 



in Trans. Norf. and Norw. Nat. Soc. iii., 326, sqq. and in 

 Mtt. A. Newton in litt). 



FAM. MoTACILLIDiE. 



Pied Wagtail, Motacilla Farrelli, Gould. 



S. and W. Cat. 21. Catalogued only, (as M. alba). 



Districts all. • Eecorded as common all over the county. 

 Nests. This bird is partly migratory, and sometimes 

 assembles in large numbers. Mr. Salmon disturbed a flock 

 of more than fifty from among a bed of reeds at Thetford 

 in May 7, 1834 ; he observes that a few pairs remain there 

 during the winter (Loudon's Mag. N. H. ix. (1836) 524). 

 Flocks observed at Lowestoft Sept. 27, 1881 ; and several 

 seen arriving May 22, 1882, they were numerous on the 

 coast the day before (EL Stevenson in Z. 3rd S. vi, 334 

 and 428). Nearly 200 seen together on the edge of a pool 

 at Eattlesden in the winter months about 1873; they came 

 every evening shortly before dark from all points of the 

 compass, and arrived in small parties, never more than four 

 or five and sometimes single birds. They assembled on the 

 open ground near the pool and roosted in the sedges. This 

 large gathering was the more remarkable, as in this locality 

 only a few are generally noticed in the winter among sheep 

 in the folds (Col. Parker in litt). See Newton's Yarrell 

 (i. 544) for the migratory habits of this bird. 



Grey Wagtail, Motacilla boarula, Latham. 



S. and W. Cat. 21. 



Districts all. Common at Sudbury (Hills v. v.). Not uncommon 

 in winter at Yarmouth (Paget, Y. 5); in autumn and winter near 

 Higham, and by the banks of the Gipping (S. and "W. u. s.) ; and more 

 or less rare at Bramford (Haward), Cockfield (C. B.), Oakley (W. Clarke 

 in litt), Gazeley (Tearle), and Thetford whence it migrates on the 

 approach of spring (Salmon in Loudon's Mag. N. H. ix. (1836) 524). 

 Eecorded from various other places. 



This bird does not appear to have been observed in 

 summer, and doubtless does not breed in the county. 



