90 CATALOGUE OF THE BIRDS OF SUFFOLK. 



Seen at Shimpling (Mrs. Tyrwhitt Drake v.v.). Shot about Lavenham 

 (W. M. White v.v.) ; frequently seen there (W. Biddell v.v.) ; a specimen 

 in possession of B. Bantock (C. B. !). One shot at Melford, preserved 

 at the Hall (Sir W. Parker, v.v., C. B. !). Sudbury, an occasional winter 

 visitant (King, List,\27) ; one shot there (Simmonsv.v., C.B. !). Hadleigh 

 (F. Spalding MS.). Seen at Polstead in winter, does not breed there 

 (Cooke v.v.). 



7. Elveden; arrived on Oct. 4 in 1846 (A. Newton in Z. 1693). 

 Gazeley, common (Tearle MS.). 



8. Sapiston, April 1881 (seen in Travis' shop, C. B. !). Livermere 

 (James MS.). Barton Mere (H. Jones v v ). Ashfield (A. Parish v.v.). 

 Mr. Nunn of Eldo, near Bury St. Edmund's, shot about a hundred one 

 winter some years ago (Creed in lift,). Rougham, not uncommon (A. 

 Parish v.v.) ; one preserved at the Hall (C. B. !). Ick worth (L. Travis 

 in Hit.). Sicklesmere (W. M. White v.v.). A pair seen at Drinkstone 

 Jan. 1849 (C. R. Bree in Z. 2454). Rattlesden, hardly rare (Col. 

 Parker v.v.). Mr. Goodchild observes them at Whepstead in the 

 spring (Creed in lift.). 



Two instances given above of its having been supposed 



to breed. 



Months. — All. 



Districts. — All. 



Found throughout the whole county, " and especially in 

 the more open parts where it is common'' (A. Newton in litt), 

 and near the sea; it arrives in autumn and departs in spring, 

 leaving however a few stragglers. This bird, which pairs 

 freely with the Carrion Crow in Scotland, is now considered 

 to be the same species in a different state of plumage. On 

 this very curious and difficult subject see Yarrell's Br. 

 B. by Newton, ii. 274. It has been long known as the 

 Eoyston Crow; perhaps better names, common in Fast 

 Anglia, are the Grey Crow and the Dun Crow. 



Hook, Corvus frugilegus, L. 



S. and W. Cat. 9. 



Districts all. Very common everywhere. Nests. 



A white specimen seen in a field at Ashby about 1835, by 

 Col. Leathes' father (Col. Leathes in Hit.). An immature 

 variety of a dingy purplish-brown colour killed near Bury 

 St, Edmund's in spring 1851 (E. Newton in Z. 3278); 



