96 CATALOGUE OF THE BIRDS OF SUFFOLK. 



female shot there May 1882, in possession of Mr. Hewett (preserved by 

 Travis, C. B. !). One shot at Hessett about 1850 (Mr. Brewer, of Little 

 Whelnetham v.v. who has it, C. B. !). Drinkstone (Capt. Home v.v.); 

 nested there (Col. Parker v.v.). Shot at Hawstead, now at Chadacre Hall 

 (C. B. !). Rattlesden, rare (Col. Parker v.v. who has a specimen, C. B.!). 

 Bradfield and Felsham (W. M. White v.v.). Breeds in Monk's "Wood 

 Felshani (F. Clarke v.v.). 



Nests. 



Months. — January, February, March, April, May, Septem- 

 ber, November, December. 



Districts. — All. 

 As universally distributed as the preceding, but less 

 common. 



Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Picus minor, L. 

 S. and W. Cat. 30. — Spald. List, xxxvi. 

 East Suffolk. 



1. Yarmouth, very rare (Paget, Y. 6). Breeds at Fritton (Page v.v.). 

 Mr. D. Preston has a specimen shot near Lowestoft in 1833 (Paget, 

 Y. 6). Has been shot in Flixton Park (Spald. w. s.). 



2. An adult male killed at Wangford Feb. 27, 1882 (T. E. Gunn in 

 Z. 3rd S. viii. 7.). One shot at Halesworth, Feb. 1855 (Stev. B. of N. i. 

 294). Used to breed annually in some old acacias at Little Glemham 

 Hall, not noticed between 1851 and 1868 (F. Spalding MS.) ; a pair and 

 nestlings observed in the Park June 14, 1868 (A. Clark-Kennedy in Z. 

 2nd S. 1696) ; a pair from this place in Mr. W. P. T. Phillips' Collection 

 (Phillips in litt.). One obtained near the Telegraph at Aldeburgh, some 

 years since (Hele, Aid. 89). 



3. Pretty common at Cam psey- Ash (S. and W. u. s.). One shot at 

 Rendlesham Aug. 1881 (T. Carthew in litt.). Great Bealings (Moor 

 MS.). Little Bealings, male bird 1879 (Podd v.v.). One shot at Sutton 

 Jan. 1881 (T. Carthew in litt.). One shot at East Bergholt in the 

 winter of 1873 ; in Mr. Haward's Collection (H award MS.). 



4. Bred in Helmingham Park (S and W. u. s.). Occasionally seen 

 at Needham Market in winter and spring (H. Lingwood in litt.). Killed 

 in a garden at Ipswich in the autumn and winter of 1829-30 (Hoy in 

 Loudon's Mag. N. H. iii. (1830) 436). 



West Suffolk. 



5. Redgrave (Foster-Melliar MS.). Found occasionally at Oakley 

 where it breeds (W. Clarke in lift.). One seen in Westhall Wood, Rick- 

 inghall (W. G. Blake in litt.). One shot at Haughley in 1847 (C. R. 

 Bree in Z. 2454). One shot in the neighbourhood of Harleston some 

 years ago (H. Stevenson in lift, who gave it to me, C. B.). Great 



