CATALOGUE OF THE BIRDS OF SUFFOLK. 69 



Grey-headed Wagtail, Moiacilla flava, L 



East Suffolk. 



1. A male killed at Yarmouth April 18 1851 (Smith in Z. 3174, who 

 preserved it). A nest and eggs found at Herringfleet June 1842 ; 

 probably of this species (Gurney and Fisher in Z. 1310). A male bird 

 killed on Lowestoft Denes in June 1849, and four males and two females 

 killed by Mr. Thirtle at the same place in April 1854, in company with 

 Yellow Wagtails (J. H. Gurney in Z. 2499 and 4440 ; a pair of them in 

 Mr. Gurney's Collection (C. B. !) and another pair in the Newcome 

 Collection (Newcome in Hit.). 



West Suffolk. 



6. An adult male killed by Mr. Hoy at Stoke-by-Nayland May 2, 1836; 

 it was following the plough (A. Hancock, who believed it to be the first 

 authenticated British example, in Mag. Z. and B. (1837), 491 ; see 

 also Loudon's Mag. N. H. ix. (1836), 352). 



Has been said to nest. 



Months. — April, May, and June. 



Districts. — 1, 6. 



Bay's Wagtail, Motacilla Rayi, Bonaparte. 



S.and W. Cat. 21. 



Districts all. Recorded as common at Yarmouth on the marshes in 

 summer (Paget) ; Aldeburgh ( Hele) ; Shotley (Kerry) ; Bramford 

 (Haward) ; and Oakley (Clarke) ; as not uncommon on parts of the 

 Waveney (S. and W.) ; Needham Market (Nat, for 1853, p. 109), and at 

 Thetford (Salmon in Loudon's Mag. N. H. ix., 524) ; as not common at 

 Cockfield (C. B. !) Sudbury (Hills), and Gazeley (Tearle). 



Nests. 



S. and W. observe that this bird is not generally plentiful 

 in the county. It would appear to be more common in the 

 Eastern than in the Western Division. 



Fam. AnthiDjE. 

 Tree Pipit, Anthus arboreus, Bechstein. 



S. and W. Cat. 21. 



Districts all, and recorded as common or not uncommon 

 except at Blaxhall (Kope in Z. 2nd S. 38G6) and Aide- 



