CATALOGUE OF THE BIRDS OF SUFFOLK. 157 



Aid., 113 and MS.). Three seen some weeks in spring 1830 about 

 Thorpe Fen and Butley Creek; one of these (?), a splendid specimen, killed 

 on the Sudbourn Hall estate by Lord Hertford's keeper in 1830, in Sir R. 

 Wallace's collection (Acton in Loudon's Mag. N. H.h., 163(1831) 

 C. B !) One washed up by the tide near the Aldeburgh Lifeboat house 

 Nov. 1868, not preserved (A. Clark-Kennedy in Z. 2nd S. 1699); one 

 seen there several times and at length put up by some boys, after which 

 it disappeared (J. G-. Tuck in Z. 2nd S. 4536). 



3. A female shot at Trimley in spring 1860 ; in possession of Mr. 

 Haward (Haward MS.). 



West Suffolk. 

 7. One killed at Mildenhall in 1830 (Spald. u. s.). 

 Months. — January, February, March, April, May, June, 

 July, November. 



Districts. — 1, 2, 3, 7. 

 A rare visitant principally met with at a few places on 

 the coast, very seldom found in the winter months. 



Fam. Gruid^:. 

 Common Crane, Grus cinerea, Bechstein. 



East Suffolk. 



1. A very fine adult female killed in April 1845, at Kirkley; it was 

 walking slowly in a barley field, apparently searching for food; the wind 

 bad for some time previously been easterly; given by Mr. Scales to Mr. 

 J. H. Gurney (Lubbock's Fauna of Nor f. 82, Southwell's Note ; Stev. 

 B. of N. ii., 128-9; J. H. Gurney and W. R. Fisher in Z. 1320, C. B. !). 



West Suffolk. 

 6. Said to have been seen flying over Sudbury (Hills v. v.). 

 Month. — April. 



Districts. — 1, 6(?) 

 Only one certain specimen of this rare visitant has occurred 

 in the county. In ancient times it appears to have been a 

 resident in Great Britain. 



Fam. Ardeid^:. 



Common Heron, Ardea cinerea, L. 

 S. and W. Cat. 39. 



East Suffolk. 

 Districts all. Eecorded as common at Yarmouth, more 



