160 CATALOGUE OF THE BIRDS OF SUFFOLK. 



the bird has probably strayed from Holland, where it may 

 be considered rather common (Yarrell Br. B. ii., 452 Ed. 

 1843; see however Dresser, B. of Eur. vi., 219). 



Night Heron, Nycticorax grisens (L). 



S. and W. Cat. 40. One shot in Suffolk, and slightly 

 wounded, was long kept alive by Mr. Hunt. — Spald. List, 

 xxxvii. Catalogued only. 



East Su folic. 



1. Mr. Youell has known six or seven to have been shot at Yarmouth 

 at different times (Paget, Y. 8) ; one shot by Mr. Stagg on a tree in his 

 Nursery garden about 1800; one taken near Yarmouth in 1820(S. andW. 

 U.S.; Lombe's MS. notes in Mont. Bid); a fine specimen recorded by Paget 

 as a Cayenne Night Heron, was shot in the Apollo Garden May 24 

 1824 (in Mr. J. H. Gurney's Collection from that of Mr. S. Miller); 

 another, also killed in a garden at Yarmouth, bought at Doubleday's 

 Sale (date lost), is in Mr. J. H. Gurney's Collection (J. H. Gurney jun. 

 in litt., Hunt in Stacey's Hist, of Norfolk lxvi., and Lombe's MS. notes in 

 Beivick); one taken between Yarmouth and Lowestoft in 1831 (Lombe's 

 MS. notes in Mont, Did.). 



2. Westleton (Spalding MS.). A pair shot in 1866 at Sudbourn, near 

 Orford, bought at the Rev. J. Maynard's Sale, now in Mr. V. H. 

 Crewe's Collection (R Hillen, v.v., Hele, Aid. 1 13, V. H. Crewe in litt.). 



West Suffolk, 



5. An immature bird shot at Eye; in Sir E. Kerrison's Collection 

 (W. Clarke in litt. ; C. B. !). 



6. Near Bildeston, Oct. 1829 (Hoy in Loudon's Mag. N. H. iii., 436 

 (1830). Hadleigh (Spalding MS.). 



7. One immature caught at Exniug alive and brought to Mr. Howlett, 

 June 10, 1883 (Howlett v.v., C.B. !). 



Months. — May, October, December. 



Districts. — 1, 2, 5, 6, 7. 



This bird, rare in Britain generally, has occasionally been 

 met with in Suffolk, both on the coast and inland. Its geo- 

 graphical range over the old and new world is very extensive. 



Common Bittern, Botaurus Stellaris (L.). 



S. and W. Cat. 40. — Spald. List, xxxvii. Catalogued 

 only. 



