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said to be found in 1853 in " the marshes near Yarmouth" 

 (See Stev. B. of N. ii., 236). The greater number however 

 perform a double migration in spring and autumn. 



Dusky Bedshank, Totanus fuscus (L.). 

 S. and "W. Cat. 44. — Spald. List, xxxvii. Rare visitant. 



East Suffolk. 



1. One shot near Yarmouth Oct. 29, 1818 (Stev. B. of N. ii., 204, 

 from Hooker) ; two shot near Yarmouth seen by Mr. Wigg ; another, in 

 autumn plumage, killed and preserved by Youell (S. and W. u. s.) ; two 

 shot there in 1833, one in Selby's possession, another in the Saffron 

 Walden Museum ; a pair in the Norwich Museum, now destroyed by 

 moths, from Yarmouth, and a pair in the Bury Museum in winter 

 plumage, no date, said by Mr. Stevenson to have been probably obtained 

 about August 1854; another pair shot May 7, 1859, one in full summer 

 plumage May 10, 1861, and a similar pair May 2, 1862 (Stev. B. of N. 

 ii., 204-207); two in Sept. 1872 (H. Stevenson and J. H. Gurney, 

 jun., in Z. 2nd S., 3319); an adult bird in winter plumage in Nov. 1872 

 (H. Stevenson and J. H. Gurney, jun., in Z. 2nd S., 3403); and one in 

 dark plumage May 15, 1875 (H. Stevenson in Z. 2nd S., 4632). 

 Occasionally met with on Breydon, shot in all plumages (Paget, Y. 

 8); one shot there Sept. 1836 (Hoy in Loudon's Mag. JSf. H. i. (N.S. 

 1837) p. 117); a pair in nearly full summer plumage in June 1862 

 (H. Stevenson in Z. 8093); one in May 1863, one in May 1866 (Stev. 

 B. ofN. ii., 204-207), others in Aug. 1871 and Aug. 1872 (Booth, Cat. 

 B. 132) ; one seen on the mud flats near Breydon, having a partially 

 black breast in Sept. 1873 ; two shot there Oct. 12 and 22, 1877 ; one 

 shot there Aug. 25, and a mature male in winter plumage on South 

 Breydon Wall, Nov. 2, 1881, in possession of Mr. Cole (H. Stevenson in 

 Z. 2nd S., 3859, and 3rd S. ii., 44, and vii., 326, and G. Smith in lift.); 

 an immature male shot on Breydon in August 1 882, and another Sept. 

 8, 1883 (W. Lowne in litt). 



2. One shot on the Poor's Marsh, Covehithe, in 1 844 (Spald. u. s.). 

 Two immature birds obtained at one shot near Southwokl Sept. 1872 

 (Durnford in Z. 2nd S. 3308), one of them in Mr. J. H. Gurney's 

 Collection, regarded by him as an adult in change (C. B. !). Thorpe 

 Fen, 1829 (Acton in Loudon's Mag.N. H. iv. (1831) 163). About eight 

 specimens have been obtained by Mr. Hele in the neighbourhood of 

 Aldeburgh, five of them in Aug. 1865 and 6, the others in Jan. and 

 May 1871 (Hele, Aid. 117 and MSJ. 



3. Butley Creek, in Mr. Hillen's possession (Hillen v. v. ; C. B. !). 

 Shotley on the Stour, very rare (Kerry MS.). 



4. One shot near Ipswich in summer plumage, in the British 

 Museum (S. and W. u. s., and Stev. B. of N. ii., u. s.) 



