CATALOGUE OF THE BIRDS OF SUFFOLK. 147 



the 17th, recorded in the Field as weighing eleven oz. ; others 

 weighed between seven and eight oz. (H. Stevenson in Z. 3rd S. vi., 334, 

 and 373). A pair killed near Breydon, Sept. 16, 1871 (id. in Z. 2nd S. 

 2833). One still (1870) every now and then obtained at Herringfleet 

 (Leathes in litt.); one from St. Olave's, Herringfleet, Sept. 12, 1884, from 

 Lowne, (in my Collection, C. B.). Twelve or thirteen shot in the 

 beginning of Sept. 1842, near Lowestoft (W. R. Fisher in Z., 182). A 

 male shot there in April 1846 (P. E. Hansell in Z. 3175); Mr. Stevenson, 

 quoting this, gives reasons for suspecting that it belonged to the large 

 race of the Common Snipe (Stev. B. of N. if, 300). An adult bird shot at 

 Barneby in spring, 1851 in the Collection of Mr. J. H. Gurney (J. H. 

 Gurney, jun. in lilt., who says it is the finest he ever saw from East 

 Anglia). Fine adult female killed October 5, 1865 at Worlington Hall, 

 near Beccles (T. E. Gunn in Z. 2nd S., 40). 



2. Killed on Lord Huntingfield's Estate (Lord Huntingfield in lift. 

 C. B. !). Several specimens have been seen about Aldeburgh, generally 

 in August ; one was obtained in 1860, not preserved ; another was seen 

 there in Aug. 1867, and a male shot Aug. 21, 1882 (Hele, Aid., 124 

 and MS.); occasionally shot on the Saltings by the river side (James 

 MS.). 



3. One killed at Butley in 1879, and another in Oct. 1881 ; the 

 former is in Lord Rendlesham's Collection (Lord Hendlesham v.v. ; C. B. !). 



4. Near Ipswich, 1847 (Bilson MS.). 



West Suffolk. 



6. One, very large and heavy, shot by the Stour at Melford by Sir W- 

 Parker Nov. 18, 1881, not preserved (Sir W. Parker in litt). 



7. A female shot at Mildenhall, Aug. 13, 1854 (Bury Museum). One 

 distinctly seen March 13, 1865 on the Little Ouse near Thetford (M. R. 

 Pryor in Z. 9564). One shot at Icklingham by Rev. R. Gwilt in Sept. 

 (Hawkins MS.). A young bird shot by Mr. Blake at Tuddenham in 

 Sept. 1854 ; not preserved (W. Blake in litt.). 



8. One seen at Ickworth by Lord Bristol and others ; it was not 

 molested (Marquis of Bristol v.v.). Shot at Felsham in a stubble by 

 the late Mr. S. G.White about 1846 (W. M. White v.v.). 



Months — March ?, April ?, August, September, October, 

 November. 



Districts.— 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8. 



Though occasionally found in nearly all the Suffolk 

 districts, it is decidedly rare everywhere except in a few 

 places on the coast. It is generally an autumnal bird. 

 Probably a few recorded above may really be the larger race 

 of the Common Snipe, Gallinago russata (Gould), or Russet 

 Snipe, as he provisionally calls it in his British Birds. 



