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April 1847 ; three specimens occurred about May 9, 1848 (J. H. 

 Gurney and W. R. Fisher in Z. 1769 and 2185); a female shot May 11, 

 1849 ; it contained beetles, Mayflies, and other insects (Dennis MS. Notes 

 in Yarrell ; specimen in the Bury Museum); a pair in June 1849 (J. 

 H. Gurney in Z. 2499) and another pair Aug. 2 of the same year (L. H. 

 Irby in Z. 3035. who had them); three immature birds, one male and 

 two females, April 22, 1852 (J. H. Gurney in Z. 3504); one near the 

 same place April 22, and another shot on Breydon July 1, 1854 (Stev. 

 B. of N. ii., 228), shot at Yarmouth in 1869 (A. M. B. in The 

 Naturalist's Note Book iii., 350, 351), and one in Nov. 1881 (G. Smith in 

 litt). One killed on Breydon May 1852 in Capt. Longe's Collection (Stev. 

 U. s. 229) j another Sept. 10, 1884 (G. Smith ; in my Collection C. B.). 

 An immature male shot at Fritton Aug. 9, 1883 (W. Lowne in lilt.). 



2. One killed at Easton Broad by Mr. Spalding in 1844 (Spald. u. s.); 

 three killed by Mr. Hele on Thorpe Mere May 1, 1867, part of a small 

 flock (Stev. B. of N ii., 229, from the Field). Aldeburgh, in the first 

 mere in small flocks (Hele, Aid., 118), in spring and autumn plumage 

 (Tuck specimen and J. G. Tuck in Z. 2nd S. 2368); shot by Mr. 

 Ransome at Aldeburgh, Aug. 1, 1845 (G. Eansome in Z. 1692) ; two 

 males shot near this place Sept. 11, 1866 (Hele in Z. 2nd S. 499); a 

 flock frequented the first mere some days before Aug. 9, 1867; Mr. Hele 

 shot four (Stev. B. of N. u. s.); heard at Aldeburgh Town Mere Sept. 

 1867 (A. ClartKennedy in Z. 2nd S. 950); several seen and one shot 

 Aug. 11, 1873 (J. G. Tuck in Z. 2ndS. 3799),and one Aug. 14, 1877 (J. 

 G. Tuck in Z. 3rd S. i., 495). 



West Suffolk. 



6. A pair shot on a little brook by Assington Mill in 1876 (F. 

 Lambarde in litt., in his Collection). 



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

 November. 



Districts. — 1, 2, 6. 



Much more rare than the preceding, to which it is very 

 nearly allied ; it is recorded only from the neighbourhood 

 of Yarmouth and Aldeburgh on the coast, and but from one 

 place (Assington) in the interior of the county. It seems 

 not to have occurred during the winter. 



Ktjff and Eeeve, Machetes pugnax (L.). 

 S. and W. Cat. 44. Only mentions Norfolk. 



East Suffolk. 

 1. Yarmouth, common (Paget, Y. 9), bred there in May 1844 (W. 

 R. Fisher in Z. 654) ; several good specimens of both sexes in autumn 



