114 CATALOGUE OF THE BIRDS OF SUFFOLK. 



H. Stevenson in Z. 6059, C. B !). A female bird killed near Bungay 

 Nov. 1804 (S. and W. u.s.). 



2. A fine male caught in a rabbit trap in a turnip field near Saxmund- 

 ham, Dec. 1860 (E. Neave in Z. 7353). One trapped at Sizewell in 

 autumn 1859, in possession of E. Garrett, Esq., East Ham (Hele, Aid., 

 105, andF. Spalding MS.). One shot by Mr. Flatt at Suape Nov. 1846 

 (A. Newton in Z. 1693), one from this place in the Ipswich Museum 

 (presented by J. G. Sheppard, Esq., probably the same as the bird 

 mentioned by Mr. Bilson below). Capt. James believes that one was shot 

 on the North Warren at Aldeburgh (James MS.). 



3. One killed by Mr. Sheppard at Campsey Ash in 1846 (Bilson in 

 Journ. Suff. Inst, 46). One shot on the Orwell (before 1824) near Sir 

 Robert Harland's seat, into whose possession it came (S. and W. u. s.)\ 

 Sir Robert, alluding doubtless to this bird, told Mr. Zincke that it had 

 been shot in his time in the parish of Wherstead (F. B. Zincke in Suff. 

 Chron., May 31, 1884). 



West Suffolk. 



7. One caught in a rabbit warren at Thetford on the Suffolk side of 

 the Thet, Dec. 1861 (Stev. B. of N. ii., 46-47). One killed on the edge 

 of Mildenhall Fen about 1820 (now at Barton Hall in possession of Sir 

 C.J. F. Bunbury, C. B !) ; another belonging to Mr.Biddell M.P., believed 

 to be from this place (Mrs. Peecock in litt, C. B !). Shot near Kennet 

 Jan. 1875 (Bilson) and Oct. 1876 (Tearle MS.). One taken alive on 

 the edge of Newmarket Heath and fed for about three weeks in a kitchen ; 

 it was sent to Bewick by W. Trevelyan Esq. and the figure in his book 

 was drawn from it (Bewick's B. B. i. 319, Ed. 1797) ; it is in winter 

 plumage (J. H. Gurney jun. in litt). 



8. One shot at Ixworth in 1866, by Mr. P. Potter (Bilson in Journ. 

 Suff. Inst, 46). 



Months. — January, March , October, November, December. 



Districts.— -1, 2, 3, 7, 8. 

 A very rare winter visitant, not only in Suffolk, but in 

 Great Britain generally. 



Fan:. Chaeadriid^i. 



Stone Curlew, (Edicnemus crepitans, Temminck. 



S. and W. Cat. 36. Catalogued only. — Spald. List, 

 xxxvii. — Dresser B. of Eur. vii., 402. Becoming scarcer 

 (in Suffolk) every year. 



East Suffolk. 



1. Yarmouth, rarely met with (Paget Y., 10) ; one from that place 

 (Bury Museum); one sent from the neighbourhood Dec. 18, 1867 to 



