CATALOGUE OF THE BIRDS OF SUFFOLK. 79 



Found occasionally throughout the county, more rarely 

 in some parts than in others. 



Linnet, Linota cannabina (L). 

 S. and W. Cat. 27. Catalogued only. 



Districts all. Common everywhere. A very pale, 

 almost white, variety shot at Higham near Bury St. 

 Edmund's July 1877, by Mr. H. Barclay; in Mr. J. H. 

 Gurney's Collection (C. B. !). A similar one in the same 

 Collection was obtained in the neighbourhood of Thetford 

 (C. B. !). Nests. A pure white egg obtained near Great 

 Bealings in 1870 (E. C. Moor in Z. 2nd S. 2306). 



Twite, Linota flavirostris (L). 



5. and W. Cat. 27. A winter bird of passage. — Spald. 

 List, xxxvi. Catalogued only. 



East Suffolk. 



1. Salt marshes near Yarmouth (S. and W. u. s.) ; occasionally met 

 with at that place (Paget, Y. 6) ; an unusually large number there 

 Nov. 14, 1881 (H. Stevenson in Z. 3rd S. vii., 321). Two killed out of 

 a small flock on Breydon, Dec. 13, 1819 (Whitear's Calendar 251). 



2. Aldeburgh and Thorpe in very large numbers in October. In 1869 

 and 1870 great flocks seen about the marsh below Orford (Hele, Aid. 

 97 and MS.). 



3. A flock seen at Shotley point (S. and W. u. s.). 



4. Occasionally obtained by bird-catchers in the neighbourhood of 

 Ipswich (Haward MS.). 



West Suffolk. 



6. Frequently appears at Sudburv in small flocks in the winter (King, 

 List, 127). 



7. Tuddenham Fen (Tearle MS. from Howlett). 



Months. — October, November, December, and " winter." 

 Districts.— 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7. 



Found in flocks throughout the greater part of the county 

 in autumn and winter, but generally in small numbers. S. 

 and W. u. s. mention that one was killed as late as May 23, 

 whether in Norfolk or Suffolk does not appear. 



