CATALOGUE OF THE BIRDS OP SUFFOLK. 99 



4. One killed at Needham Market, in very fine plumage (W. Clarke 

 in litt.). A male shot at Hemingstone (H. Lingwood in litt.). 



West Suffolk. 



5. One at Wortham April 1864 (Stev. B. of N. i. 301). One shot 

 at Westhorpe Oct. 20, 1850 (C. R. Bree in Z. 2953), and another at 

 Wetherden about 1850 (Hawkins MS). One shot at Stowmarket in 

 1878, in possession of Mr. Haward (B. Bantock v. v.). 



6. One killed at Acton, May or June 1864 (Hawkins MS. and Major 

 Barnardiston v.v.). One seen at Hadleigh July or Aug. 1877 (Hobler 

 v.v.). One shot at Cornard ; a pair seen on the Newton road near 

 Sudbury (King, List, 127). One from Sudbury, formerly in the 

 Museum, now in my Collection (C. B. ; J. Hills v.v.). One shot at 

 Polstead about 1862 (Cooke v.v.). 



7. One found dead on Thetford warren in Dec. 1846, an unusual 

 time of the year (A. Newton in Z. 1693). A female shot at Mildenball 

 in 1864 (Bilson in Journ. Stiff. Inst. 46). Seen at Icklingham in 1865 

 (J. E. Rodwell v.v.). Two shot near Newmarket in 1875 (Tearle 

 MS. from Howlett). 



8. A female shot near Bury St. Edmund's by Mr. Levitt ; a male at 

 Ingham in 1858, and a pair at Ickworth in 1865 (Bilson u. s.). One 

 shot at Elmswell April 1875, by Mr. John Wright, preserved at the 

 Fox Inn (Hawkins MS.). One obtained at Woolpit in 1875 (Bilson 

 MS.). Seen once at Rattlesden by Col. Parker (Col. Parker v.v.). 



Months. — April, May, Juno, July, August, September, 

 December. 



Districts. — All. 



This beautiful bird has been seen most years in different 

 parts of the county, especially in the Lothingland Hundred, 

 where it has occasionally appeared in considerable numbers. 

 It now arrives more usually in this part of England in the 

 spring than in the autumn months ; the converse used to 

 be the case. If this bird were not molested, as it 

 unfortunately always is, it would probably breed iu this 

 county. (Stev. B. of N. i. 299-300). 



Fah. Cuculid^;. 

 Cuckoo, Cuculus canorus, L. 



S. and W. Cat. 28. 



Districts all. Eecorded as common in all. Breeds, 1 tying 



