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Stevenson in Z. 8093 ; 2nd S. 2829, and 4191), and a few seen there 

 April and May 1879,(T. E. Gunn in Z. 3rd S. iv., 51, 52), and May 12 

 (H. Stevenson in Z. 3rd S. vi., 377). 



2. Westleton (Spalding MS.). Appears at Aldeburgh in small flocks in 

 May and Sept., does not breed (Hele, Aid. 110, and James MS.). An 

 immature bird procured there Aug. 26, and a male bird Aug. 29, 

 1870 (in Mr. Tuck's Collection, J. G. Tuck in Z. 2nd S. 2368, see also 

 H. A. Macpherson in Z. 3rd S. vii., 14, for examples in 1883) ; two 

 killed there in Sept. 1877, and an immature bird in July 1881 (J. G. 

 Tuck in Z. 3rd S. i., 496 and v., 469). One shot at Orford ; in the 

 Seckford Reading Room (E. Cobbold in litt., to whom it belongs). 



3. A pair in good plumage shot, in Sept. 1882 on the Woodbridge 

 River where they are by no means common ; preserved by Asten (W. 

 H. M. Carthew in litt.). Common on the river muds and shores of 

 Walton and Felixstowe (Kerry MS.). 



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

 October. 



Districts. — 1, 2, 3. 



Found, not uncommonly, along the whole length of the 

 coast, but very seldom at any distance from it. The small 

 flocks that appear at Yarmouth and Breydon about the 

 middle of May are mostly in full nuptial plumage, and rest 

 only for a day or two, and then pass on to their northern 

 breeding grounds in Denmark and elsewhere. They are 

 rarely if ever seen at Yarmouth in winter, according to Mr. 

 Frere (Dresser B. of Eur. u. s.). 



Oyster-Catcher, Hcemalopus ostralegus (L). 



S. and W. Cat 37. (Mentions only Norfolk by name). 



East Suffolk. 



1. Yarmouth, not uncommon on the beach (Paget, Y. 10) ; shot 

 on Breydon every year in spring, autumn, and winter (H. Stevenson in 

 litt.) ; one from Breydon in Mr. Combe's Collection (C. B. !) ; seen there 

 May 12, and in the middle of Sept. 1880 (H. Stevenson in Z. 3rd S. vi., 

 377) ; an adult male shot there Sept. 4, 1881 (Lowne in litt). 



2 Used to breed at Thorpe, where it was killed in 1872 ; formerly 

 much more abundant than now about Aldeburgh (Hele, Aid., Ill and 

 MS., James MS.) ; a fine adult male shot on the Aide Aug. 23, 

 1871, in Mr. Tuck's Collection (T. G. Tuck in Z. 2nd S. 2804) ; shot on 

 the Sudbourn Hall Estate, in Sir R. Wallace's Collection (0. B. !). 



3. Shot on the Woodbridge river ; in possession of Mr. Hillen 



