100 CATALOGUE OF THE BIRDS OF SUFFOLK. 



its eggs in the nests of various birds ; see Newton's Yarrell 

 ii., 394 for a list of the British birds, (seventy-eight in 

 number), in whose nests its eggs have been found in Britain 

 or, in a few cases, not there, but in other countries of 

 Europe. 



Fam. Coraciid^:. 



Roller, Coracias garrula, L. 



S. and W. Cat. 11.— Spald. List, xxxvii. Very rare. 



East Suffolk. 



1. One killed near Yarmouth about 1817 (S. and W. u. s.).; a 

 specimen killed at the same place, in Mr. Gurney 's Collection (Stev. 



B. of N. i. p. 31 1). A very fine mature male occurred off the coast of 

 Suffolk, lighting on the rigging of a ship not far from Yarmouth Roads 

 in May 18(i5 ; now in the possession of Mr. J. Gurney (T. E. Gunn in 

 Nat, ii. (18G5-6) 64 and J. H. Gurney, jun. in Hit.). A female shot at 

 Bradwell, Oct. 9, 1883 by Col. Probart (W. Lowne in litt, who preserved 

 it). An adult female shot at Fritton near Somerleyton, May 28, 1855, 

 Stev. in Z. 4808 and B. of N. i. 312) ; one killed there in 1883 ; 

 stuffed by Lowne (J. H. Gurney, jun. in litt.). Blundeston, May 1831 

 (Sir W. J. Hooker in Stev. B. of N. i. 310). One at Pakefield about 

 1875 or 1876 (Freeman v.v.). One shot at North Cove, preserved by 

 Mr. Edwards, of Bungay, is in possession of John Cooper Esq.(Spald. u. s.). 

 A specimen supposed to be a young mole, shot at Bungay Sept. 23, 1817 

 (S and W. u. s. and Whitear's Diary 252) ; this specimen, in possession 

 of Mr. Crickmore of Beccles, is figured in Hunt's Brit. Ornith., see Vol., 

 ii. 65. 



2. A female bird killed near Benacre in May 1811, by Sir T. Gooch's 

 keeper, on the same heathy ground where he had killed a male bird four 

 years before (S. and W. Cat, u. s. from Pennant B.Z.i. 300, Ed. 1812.). A 

 fine specimen caught at Friston June 23, 1863 ; in possession of Richard 

 Pratt Esq. of Twickenham (Hele, Aid. 83, and in Z. 8721). Two shot 

 at Blackheath, about 1879, in possession of Mr. Hillen (Hillen in litt, 



C. B. !). 



3. One shot at Bromeswell apparently about 1820 (S. and W. u. s.). 

 One shot about 1830, on Sutton Heath, by Mr. Hillen of Woodbridge 

 (Moor MS., Carthew MS.). A splendid, male bird shot in Raydon 

 Wood, June 14, 1876, preserved by Podd ; in possession of Joseph 

 Rand, Esq., of Hadleigh. A woodman said he saw a second bird (the 

 female ?) ; but it was never seen by the gamekeeper, who shot the male 

 after having watched it several days (Haward MS., F. Spalding MS., 

 and H. Miller jun. in Z. 2nd S. 50-15 from the Field). 



Months, — May, June, September, October. 



Districts. — 1, 2, 3, 



