CATALOGUE OP THE BIRDS OF SUFFOLK. 93 



Norton Wood ; now (1876) almost extinct about Tostock (Tuck v. v.). 

 Rougham, Feb. 1883 (Travis v. v.), where it used to be common five- 

 and-twenty years ago (A. Parish v. v.). Formerly at Plumpton, now 

 extinct (W. R. Bevan v. v.). Rattlcsden, now rare, used to breed (Col. 

 Parker v.v.). One seen by me in Bradfield St. Clare about 1870, flying 

 near the Railway Bridge (C. B.). 



Nests. 



Months. — January, February, April, September. 

 Districts. — All. 



The above notices tell ODe tale, that this fine bird, formerly 

 common, has now become rare in the county, though it still 

 nests occasionally when not molested. 



Jay, Garrulus glandarius (L ). 

 S. and W. Cat. 10. 



Districts all. Kecorded as common or not uncommon 

 except at Aldeburgh, where it is now seldom seen, a pair 

 obtained there Oct. 26, 1871 (Hele, Aid. 88 and MS.); and at 

 Bures, where it is now only occasionally seen (Hanbury). 

 Wherever game is preserved its numbers have diminished. 

 S. and W. mention an extraordinary flight of some thousands 

 in a line seen near the coast at Tunstall in the shooting 

 season early in the century (u.s,). The bird appeared in great 

 numbers near Thetford in the winter of 1846-7 (A.Newton 

 in Z. 1694). Nests. 



. FaM. PICTDJ3, 



Green Woodpecker, Picus viridis, L. 



S. and W. Cat. 29. (Catalogued only). 



Districts all. Common at Oakley (W. Clarke) ; not uncommon in 

 some places about Yarmouth (Paget) ; at Boxted (Poley) ; Sudbury 

 (King) ; Gazeley (Tearle) ; Rattlcsden (Col. Parker) ; and Barton (Sir 

 C. Bunbury). Specimens recorded from many other places. 



Nests at Fritton (Page) ; Westleton (F. Spalding) ; Great Bealinga 

 (G. W. P. Moor); Oakley (W. Clarke); Hadleigh (F. Spalding) , 

 Polstead (Cooke) ; near Brandon (F. Norgate) ; Elveden (A. Newton); 

 Tostock (Tuck) ; Rougham (Morris) ; Rattlesden (Col. Parker) ; 

 Felsham (F. Clarke). ' 



This beautiful bird without being abundant anywhere, is 



