118 CATALOGUE OF THE BIRDS OF SUFFOLK. 



but has been obtained in the winter in summer plumage. 

 Probably does not breed ; is not known to breed in Norfolk 

 (Stev. B. ofN. ii., 69). 



Grey Plover, Squatarola helvetica (L.). 



5. and W. Cat, 38. 



East Suffolk. 



1 . Yarmouth, not uncommon in summer and winter plumage (Paget, 

 Y. 10) ; two received from that place May 25, 1817 (Whitear's 

 Calendar, 245) ; specimens taken there and at Breydon May 1847 

 (Gurney and Fisher in Z. 1785); in full summer plumage June 1854 and 

 1868 (Stev. B. of N. ii., 102, 103) ; a male in a most interesting state of 

 change, May 6, 1869, one in superb summer plumage May 14, 1875 (J. H. 

 Gurney jun in Hit. who has them) ; Sept. 1878 (H. Stevenson in Z. 3rd 

 S. iv., 342), again in Sept. 1 879 with breast verynearly black (J. H. Gurney 

 jun. in Z. 3rd S. iii., 460), seen there May 12, 1880, and May 1881 

 assuming summer plumage (H. Stevenson in Z. 3rd. S. vi., 377 and vii., 

 325) ; one in full summer dress shot on Breydon Sept. 1881 (Lowne in 

 lift) ; Mr. J. H. Gurney jun. calls it a rather common spring and 

 autumn migrant to Breydon (in Mason's Norfolk pt. iv.)*; a few are 

 seen there throughout the winter, but not often so many as twenty 

 or thirty at a time (Stev. B. of N. ii., 101, from Mr. Frere,). Lowestoft 

 Dec. 1880 (Freeman v.vj. 



2. Aldeburgh, common in April and May, and again in August and 

 September ; some remain al! the winter (Hele, Aid., 108, 109 ; 

 James MS.) ; Mr. Hele received five perfect specimens in full dress May 

 2, 1867 killed near Aldeburgh (Stev. B. of N. ii., 102. Note from Field) ; 

 several seen on the mud flats near the Aide, Oct. 1868 (A. Clark- 

 Kennedy in Z. 2nd S. 1697) ; Aldeburgh, May 1870 (Tuck v.v., in his 

 Collection) ; a very beautiful specimen in summer dress seen there 

 May 14, 1875 (J. G. Tuck in Z. 2nd S. 4536) ; some seen there in 

 their breeding dress, spring 1879 (J. Tuck in Z. 3rd S. iii., 302) ; one 

 from this place (in Mr. W. P. T. Phillips' Collection). 



3. Common on the Deben ; shot Feb. 1883 and at other times (G. P. 

 Hope in litt). Common on the shores of the Orwell and Stour (Kerry 

 MS.). 



West Suffolk. 



6. Occasionally at Sudbury in winter in immense flocks (King, List, 

 127). 



7. Lakenheath, Dec 1879, (in my Collection, C. B.). 



*Mr.Gurney's Catalogue of the Birds of Norfolk, (1884), has been re-printed separately. 



