132 CATALOGUE OF THE BIRDS OF SUFFOLK. 



A female obtained near Rendlesham Jan. 1867 (T. E. Gunn in Z. 2nd 

 S. 759). Hasketon (in Mr. W. P. T. Phillips' Collection, C. B. !). Banks 

 of the Deben, not uncommon; one preserved in the Seckford Reading 

 Room, Woodbridge (E. Cobbold, to whom it belongs, in litt.). Seen 

 throughout the winter and probably bred, as five were found constantly 

 one summer before 1824 near the old Decoy at Levington (S. and W. 

 u. s.). Scarce at Shotley and Walton (Kerry MS.). 



4. Bramford, rare (Haward MS.). 



West Suffolk. 



5. Common at Oakley (P. Clarke in litt). 



6. Several shot on the moat at Cockfield Rectory some years ago (G. 

 Payne v. v.), and one seen about 1870 by myself (C. B.). Shot at Melford 

 in 1873; in Sir W. Parker's possession (Sir W. Parker v. v., C. B. !). 

 Sudbury, not uncommon (King, List, 127). 



7. Seen at intervals at Thetford ; has been observed in April, May, 

 June, July, Aug., and Sept., but does not breed (Salmon in Loudon's 

 Mag. N. H. ix. (1836) 525). Shot at Elveden, Sept. 1843, R. M. 

 Newton (Cambridge Museum), and Aug. 1852 (Creed MS.). Icklingham 

 Oct. 1869. Two specimens shot at Gazeley, Aug. 1877 ; in possession 

 of Mr. Beales (Tearle MS.). 



8. A male taken at Fornham, Dec. 2, 1882 (Travis in litt, C. B. !). 

 Numerous at Norton in 1816, where they were observed in parties of 

 five or six, on the mud thrown out on the sides of meadow drains 

 (Lubbock's Fauna of Norfolk, p. 110, and Stev. B. ofN. ii., 225, 226). 

 Several in the neighbourhood of Bury in 1883 (Travis v.v.). Seen at 

 Clopton Hall, Rattlesden (D. Parker v.v.). 



Has been supposed to breed, probably erroneously (see 

 Newton in Z. 9115). 



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

 September, October, December. 



Districts. — All. 



Not very uncommon throughout the county on the coast 

 and inland ; a spring and autumn migrant, but found occa- 

 sionally during most of the other months. 



Wood Sandpiper, Totanus glareola (L.). 

 Spald. List xxxvii. Eare. 



East Suffolk. 

 1. Two or three killed near Yarmouth, one in possession of Mr. Girdle- 

 stone in 1829 (Hunt in Stacey's Hist, of Norfolk p. lxviii.); a pair shot 

 there in the spring of 1833 (Paget Y. 8); one obtained Sept. 1835 (Hoy 

 in Loudon's Mag N. H. (N.S. 1837) 117); one seen about the end of 



