92 CATALOGUE OF THE BIRDS OF SUFFOLK. 



observed at the Gorton Light Vessel going from East to 

 West in Oct., Nov., and Dec. 1879 (J. A. Harvie-Brown 

 and John Cordeaux in Z. 3rd S. iv. 181). Nests, commonly 

 in old buildings, but formerly bred in hollow trees in the 

 Park at Campsey-Ash (S. and W. u. s.). 



Magpie, Pica caudata, Fleming. 



S. and W. Cat. 10. 



East Suffolk . 



1. Yarmouth, not uncommon in some places (Paget, Y. G). One 

 shot on Fritton April 1882 ; the bird had nested there, (Page v.v.). 



2. Westleton, nests (P. Spalding MS.). Two females from Priston, 

 in the Aldeburgh Museum (C. B. !). A pair seen at Aldeburgh Jan. 13, 

 1870 ; the bird is now rarely met with (Hele, Aid. 88). 



3. Rendlesham estate, where it is now very rare (in Lord Rendlesham's 

 Collection. C. B. !). Great Beatings, common about fifty years ago, now 

 very rarelv seen, the last Mr. Moor saw was a lame one in Jan. 1857. 

 A few frequent the sheep flocks in Kesgrave (Moor MS.). Pare about 

 Shotley; Mr. Kerry has seen it flying across the Orwell (Kerry MS.). 



4. Bramford, rare (Haward MS.). 



West Suffolk. 



5. Occasionally comes to Oakley in the breeding season ; it is always 

 killed (W. Clarke in ML). Observed by Mr. Creed near Riokinghall, 

 many years ago (Creed in Hit). 



6. Seen about Brettenham, but rarely. (T. B. Beale v.v.). Breeds 

 in a wood in Thorpe Morieux (F. Clarke v.v.). A pair seen about 1880 

 at Bildeston (Beck v.v.). Boxted (Cutmore v.v.). Seen between 

 Boxted and Melford by the Rev. A. Packer within the last three years 

 (A. Packer v.v. ). Very rare in the neighbourhood of Lavenham, seen 

 at Acton about 1860 (W. M. White v.v.). Hadleigh, nests (F. Spalding 

 MS.). Not uncommon about Sudbury (King, List, 127). Formerly 

 about Bures, but it has now disappeared (A. Hanbury in litt.J. Nests 

 at Polstead (E. B. Cooke MS.). 



7. A large number visited Thetford in winter 1816-7 (A. Newton in 

 Z. 1694). Elvcden (Newcome Collection); nested there in April 1849, 

 and frequently since that time, when permitted ; it also nests at Ick- 

 lingham (A. Newton in Z. 2525 and in ML). Very rare about Gazeley, 

 Mr. Tearle has seen but one during the last fifteen years (Tearle MS.). 



8. Bardwell, April 1881 (Travis v.v., C. B. !). Livermere (James 

 MS.). Ingham, female (L. Travis in lift.). Now almost extinct about 

 Barton Mere (H. Jones v.v.). Four seen about September 1881 at 

 Barton Heath, one of them was caught in a trap and kept alive for some 

 time at Rougham by a labourer (H. Cornish v.v.). Formerly bred in 



