142 CATALOGUE OF THE BIRDS OP SUFFOLK. 



West Suffolk, 

 7. A male and a female obtained at Thetford (Newcome Collection). 



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

 Districts. — 1, 2, 3, 7. 



Observed at a few places on the coast, from "Yarmouth to 

 the Stour, sometimes in small flocks ; it has been very rarely 

 found inland. A spring and autumn migrant, more 

 usually seen in the autumn. 



Temminck's Stint, Tringa Temminckii, Selby. 

 Spald. List, xxxvii. Rare. 



East Suffolk. 



1. Two birds of the year obtained near Yarmouth about Sept. 1835 

 (Hoy in Loudon's Mag. N. H. (N.S.)i., 1837, p. 117, and Stev. B. ofN. 

 ii., 363) ; one taken at Yarmouth May 14, 1847 (J. H. G-urney and W. 

 Fisher in Z. 1785), another, a female August, 28, 1850 (Dennis MS. note 

 in Yarrell, Bury Museum), one Oct. 2, 1851, four May 1861, one May 

 1866 (Stev. B. of N. ii., 364), two in Sept. 1872 (H. Stevenson and J. 

 H. Gurney, jun. in Z. 2nd S. 3319), and two immature birds Aug. 

 12, 1878 (H. Stevenson in Z. 3rd S. iv., 341). An adult bird killed 

 on Breydon May 1836 (Hoy in Loudon u. s.); one about May, another 

 Nov. 23, 1861, four or five in May, June, and Aug, 1862 (Stev B. of N. 

 u. s.); one in June 1862 (H. Stevenson in Z. 8093), and a pair Sept. 

 1881, one in possession of Mr. Lowne (Lowne in litt., and J. H Gurney, 

 jun. in Z. 3rd S. v., 487, and in litt). 



2. A flock often seen on Benacre Broad about 1850, by Mr. Spalding, 

 who shot and preserved one (Stev. B. of N. ii., 363, note). Killed at 

 Easton in 1843, probably the same bird (Spalding u s.). In company 

 with the Little Stint about Aldeburgh ; shot there Sept 1865, May 20 

 and Aug. 30 1866 (Hele, AM., 126 and MS.); and one at Thorpe Mere 

 May 2, 1867 (Stev. u. s., 365) ; shot Sept. 1870 (J. G-. Tuck in Z. 2nd 

 S. 2369), again in Sept. 1871 (id. in Z. 2nd S. 2804), and two in Sept. 

 1877 {id. in Z. 3rd S. i., 496). 



Months. — May, June, August, September. 



Districts. — 1, 2. 



Found nearly in the same localities as the preceding, 

 but not yet recorded South of Aldeburgh ; it associates in 

 small flocks with the Little Stint on the margins of broads 

 and large ponds and on mud flats. It is however a much 

 rarer bird (Stevenson and Hele u, s). 



