CATALOGUE OF THE BIRDS OF SUFFOLK. 143 



Sandekllng, Calidris arenaria (L.). 

 S. and W. Cat. 36. 



East Suffolk. 



1. Yarmouth, not uncommon on the beach in summer and winter (?) 

 (Paget Y. 10); one shot there Sept. 1874 (H. Stevenson in Z. 2nd S., 

 4292); an adult April 11, 1878 (id, in Z. 3rd S. iii., 155); and one in 

 winter plumage Nov. 5, 1878 (id. in Z. 3rd S. iv., 342). Seen on Breydon 

 May 1871 (id. in Z. 2nd S. 2829); fine specimens shot there May 1874 

 (id. in Z. 2nd S. 4191); some obtained again about the middle of Sept. 

 1880 (id. in Z. 3rd S. vi., 377). Common on the beach at Lowestoft 

 (Freeman v. v. C. B. !) ; eight seen there in Sept. 1880, by Mr. F. Barton 

 (H. Stevenson in Z. 3rd S. vi., 333). 



2. Several obtained in winter (sic) plumage Aug. 15, 1872, at South- 

 wold (H. Durnford in Z. 2nd S. 3308) ; one shot there Sept. 1881 (Travis 

 in litt.). A small number visited Thorpe in June 1866, three were shot 

 (Hele, Aid., 110); two immature birds shot there Sept. 1871, one in 

 possession of Mr. Tuck (J. G. Tuck in Z. 2nd S. 2805) ; two beautiful birds 

 killed there Sept. 8, 1877 (id. in Z. 3rd S. i., 496), and one obtained on 

 Thorpe Mere Jan. 2, 1879 (F. M. Ogilvie in Z. 3rd S. iii. 265). Several 

 seen in the first mere at Aldeburgh, Jan. 1867; a few obtained in May 

 1867 (Hele u. s.); killed at Aldeburgh, Jan. 15, 1880 (T. E. Gunn in Z. 

 3rd S. iv., 52); and a mature male and female killed there Sept. 1882 

 (H. A. Macpherson in Z. 3rd S. vii., 17). 



3. Woodbridge district, in possession of Mr. Cooke (Carthew MS.). 

 Common at Walton and Felixstowe (Kerry MS. ). 



West Suffolk. 



6. Perhaps seen at Sudbury ; see remarks under Dunlin. 

 8. One obtained at Pakenham in winter plumage, in Mrs. Casborne's 

 possession (C. B. !). 



Months, — January, April, May, June, August, September, 

 November. 



Districts.— -1, 2, 3, 6 ?, 8. 



Found not uncommonly on the coast from one end to the 

 other; only rarely found far inland. They are most numerous 

 in spring, come again in the end of August or beginning of 

 September, and are rarely found in winter (see Stevenson 

 B. ofN. ii., 117). This and the two preceding breed only in 

 high Northern latitudes (Howard Saunders' Yarrellm..). 



