CATALOGUE OF THE BIRDS OF SUFFOLK. 153 



Arrives about Aldeburgh early in May and remains about three weeks; 

 an albino seen in company with a large flock of others in May 1867 

 Hele, Aid., 116); one taken in Aug. 1871 (in Mr. Tuck's Collection); 

 abundant there in July 1878 (J. G. Tuck in Z. 3rd S. ii., 434); one 

 killed in Sept. 1882 (H. A. Macpherson in Z. 3rd S. vii., 16). Five seen 

 Oct. 1868 near Iken (A. Clark-Kennedy in Z. 2nd S. 1697). Shot on 

 Sudbourn Hall Estate (in Sir R. Wallace's Collection; C. B. !). Large 

 flocks seen about Orford Ness in Aug. 1873 (H. Durnford in Z. 2nd S. 

 3798). 

 3. Very common about Shotley (Kerry MS.). 



West Suffolk. 



7. Two or three taken near Thetford (Newby in litt). One shot at 

 Gazeley, 1879 (Travis v. v.; in my Collection; C. B. ). 



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



Districts. — 1, 2, 3, 7. 



An abundant spring and autumn migrant on the coast 

 from one end to the other ; the birds usually arrive in 

 May and stay a few days, then passing northwards ; by the 

 end of August, or a little later, they appear again on their 

 southward journey, but are then less abundant than in the 

 spring (see Stev. B. of N. u. s.). It is but rarely found 

 inland. 



Fam. Tantalid^;. 



Glossy Ibis, Ibis falcinellus (Gmelin). 



S. and W. Cat. 42 (mentioning Norfolk specimens only). 



East Suffolk. 



1. A pair shot at the mouth of the Norwich river (the Yare) Sept. 13 

 1824 (now in Mr. J. H. Gurney's from Mr. J. J. Gurney's Collection), 

 there were four more in company with them (Paget, Y. 8); the pair shot 

 are mentioned also in Lombe's MS. notes in Bewick and in Hunt in 

 Stacey's Hist Norf. p. lxvi. ; a pair shot at Yarmouth Jan. 1825 (Lombe's 

 MS. notes in Mont, Diet); one seen near this place early in Jan. 1868 

 (Stev. B. of N. ii., 193, and H. Stevenson in Z. 2nd S. 1493). A mature 

 female killed at Blundestone May 27 1850 (J. H. Gurney in Z. 2879). 

 One mentioned by Mr. Everitt as having been seen Jan. 1855; probably 

 in the neighbourhood of North Cove (Creed in lift). 



