150 CATALOGUE OF THE BIRDS OP SUFFOLK. 



Bae-tailed Godwit, Limosa lapponica (L.). 



5. and W. Cat. 46. — Spald. List, xxxvii. — Visits the 

 Eastern coast in its annual migration. 



East Suffolk. 



1. Yarmouth May 1868 (W. Clarke, MS. notes in Yarrell, who has 

 it; Creed MS.); one from that place in the Bury Museum ; a male shot 

 Aug. 1872 in Mr. J. H. Gurney's Collection (C. B. !); common about 

 Breydon (Paget, Y. 9); two immature shot there Sept. 1870; several 

 in good red plumage May 1874 (H. Stevenson in Z. 2nd S. 2497, 4191); 

 a few seen there April 19, 1878, with red breasts (T. E. Gunn in Z. 3rd 

 S. iv., 51), and some May 12 and early in Sept. 1880 (H. Stevenson in 

 Z. 3rd S. vi., 377), and one obtained Nov. 1881 (G. Smith in UtL). 



2. Thorpe Fen 1828 (Acton in Loudon's Mag. N. H. iv. (1831) 163); 

 a great many appeared about the Thorpe mere and river in May 1860 

 and 1866 ; a few visit Aldeburgh every spring and autumn (Hele, Aid., 

 121 ; James MS.; and Kerry MS.); on the mud flats of the Aide April 

 24, 1869 (A. Clark-Kennedy in Z. 2nd S. 1861); a pair from Aldeburgh 

 in 1870 (in Mr. Tuck's Collection), and two, one red the other partly so, 

 killed there Aug. 1879 (T. E. Gunn in Z 3rd S. iv.. 52); a mature 

 male, still with red breast, killed on the edge of the marsh Sept. 2, 1882; 

 several seen later in the month (H. A. Macpherson in Z. 3rd S. vii., 15); 

 one shot on Sudbourn Hall Estate in Sir R. Wallace's Collection (C. B.!). 



3. A male in fine summer plumage shot at Wickham Market in April 

 1868 (H. Lingwood in lift, who shot it); Woodbridge Oct. 1881 (Asten 

 v.v. ; C. B. !); Deben River, red plumage (in the Collection of Mr. W. 

 P. T. Phillips); very common on the shores of the Orwell and Stour 

 (Kerry MS.). 



West Suffolk. 



6. One shot at Sudbury Nov. 1882 (Rose v.v.; C. B. !). 



Months. — April, May, August, September, October, 

 November. 



Districts. — 1, 2, 3, 6. 



This spring and autumn migrant is not uncommon on the 

 coast, but is rarely found at any distance from it. 



Black-tailed Godwit, Limosa cegocephala (L.). 



S. and W. Cat. 46. — Spald. List, xxxvii. But seldom 

 obtained. 



East Suffolk. 



1. A large flock at Yarmouth in Oct. 1819 ; an egg received about 

 1821 from the same place (S. and W. u. s.); a pair from Yarmouth, the 



