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CATALOGUE OF THE BIRDS OF SUFFOLK. 



as common as Dunlins [id. in Z. 3rd S. v., 488). Mr. Gurney shot 

 several at that time and sent me two in the flesh (C. B.). 



2. Two shot on Thorpe Mere Sept. 11 and 13, 1867, the one had a 

 white, the other a red breast ; another shot, and one seen a little later 

 (A. Clark-Kennedy in Z. 2nd S. 950,991) ; two more July 27, 1878 (J. 

 G. Tuck in Z. 3rd S. ii., 434). By no means rare near Aldeburgh in 

 spring and early autumn, they disappear about the second week in June, 

 and return in Aug. (Hele, Aid., 125 and MS., Kerry MS., see also J. G. 

 Tuck in Z. 2nd S. 2368, 2369, and 3307) j shot there by Mr. Fuller 

 July 31, 1845 (G. Ransome in Z. 1692); fifteen shot in the neighbour- 

 hood in Aug. and Sept. 1865, others in summer plumage Aug. 1866 

 and 1867, and one also in summer plumage May 2, 1867 (Hele, in Field, 

 quoted by Stev. B. of N. ii., 353); shot again at Aldeburgh 1870 (in 

 Mr. Tuck's Collection); several Aug. 1873 retaining a good deal of the 

 summer plumage (J. G Tuck in Z. 2nd S., 3799), and a flock seen and 

 two shot, both young, Sept. 10, 1877 (id. in Z. 3rd S. i., 496); one from 

 this place in Dr. Whitty's Collection (C. B. !); one shot Sept. 5, 1882, in 

 full winter dress ; about seven seen the same month (H. A. Macpherson 

 inZ. 3rd S. vii., 16). 



3. Butley 1830 (Acton in Loudon's Mag N. #., iv. (1830), 163). 

 Woodbridge river Oct. 1881 (Asten v.v. C. B. !). Two shot on Sutton 

 Heath by Mr. Hillen (Carthew MS.). One at Tattingstone 1848 

 (Bilson MS.). One shot near the mouth of the Deben-by Mr. G. P. 

 Hope about 1880 (Qo\. Russell in litt.). "Walton and Felixstowe, rare 

 (Kerry MS.). 



West Suffolk. 



6. See below under Dunlin. 



8. One shot in March 1878 by Mr. Wires, in the neighbourhood of 

 Felsham, preserved by Bilson (See Burg Free Press, March 29, 1878). 



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

 September, October. 



Districts. — 1, 2, 3, 6, 8. 



Found not unfrequently along the whole length of the 

 coast, both in spring and autumn, occasionally in consider- 

 able numbers, some in the rich red plumage of the breeding 

 season, but it does not breed in the county. Found also, 

 perhaps not very rarely, in the interior. 



Purple Sandpiper, Tringa maritima, Briinnich. 



S. and W. Cat. 43. — Spald. List, xxxvii. Rare. 



East Suffolk. 

 1. A few killed at Yarmouth (S. and W. u. s.), one shot there by Mr. 



