162 CATALOGUE OF THE BIRDS OF SUFFOLK. 



(G. Holt "Wilson MS.). Occasionally met with about Oakley and about 

 Thornham (W. Clarke in Hit). A specimen shot in a tree at Aspall in 

 Feb. 1855 (C. R. Bree in Z. 4630). 



6. One shot at Brettenham, in Colonel Parker's possession (C. B. !). 

 A small form published by Bilson as the Swabian Bittern, was shot at 

 Thorpe Wood by Mr. F. Scott, Oct. 1881 (in my Collection, C. B.). 

 One shot at Boxted, supposed to be the same bird which had been seen 

 at Shimplingthorne (W. T. T. Drake v. v.), in Mr. T. Poley's possession 

 (T. Poley v.v.). One shot at Monk's Eleigh in the early part of 1881, 

 when snow was on the ground, by Mr. Phillips of that place in whose 

 possession it is ; about a week later a male bird, probably its mate, was 

 found drowned in a well at the back of the house of Mr. Hill, at 

 Bildeston, who now has it (Bantock v.v., C. B. !). One seen near a 

 pond at Acton in the winter of 1837-8 (King, List, 127). A specimen, 

 believed by Mr. Hills to be from Sudbury, in Mr. King's Collection 

 (C. B. !). One shot at Boxford (preserved by Richold v v.). 



7. One shot at Undley Hall, Lakenheath, about 1850 (Wainwright 

 v.v. who has it ; C. B. !). In Sir H. Bunbury's youth (born 1778) the 

 boom of the bittern "was often heard near Mildenhall"; in about 1820 

 the bird " had become scarce " (Sir C. J. F. Bunbury's Mem. of Sir H. 

 Bunbury, p. 104, Lond., 1869). One killed in Dec. 1846 at Icklingham, 

 and another at Brandon about the same time (A. Newton in Z. 1693). 

 One at Eriswell March 26, 1866, in Mr. Rope's Collection (Rope MS.). 

 One shot by Mr. Howlett on the Suffolk side of Newmarket in 1880 

 (Howlett in litt,). Two obtained near Clare about 1879 (Simmons, v.v.). 



8. One shot at Hopton a few years ago (Hind in litt. from Rev. H. 

 Downton); one shot at Bardwell by Sir Henry Blake, Bart., about 1820 

 (W. Blake in litt,). One shot near Bury in Dec. 1848 (A. Newton in Z. 

 2382); one killed at Mermaid's Pool, Bury (no date), and another seen there 

 in 1855 (Creed MS.); Mr. Haggitt, of Little Whelnethain, has one, shot 

 near Bury (C. B. !); four were seen near the canal at Rushbrooke Hall early 

 in 1862, and one (of them ?) captured near Bury Gaol about the same 

 time (H. Stevenson in Z. 8036); this last bird was knocked down by a 

 stick, and is preserved at Barton Hall (Sir C. J. F. Bunbury v.v., C. B. !). 

 Perhaps one or more of the above-named birds are here enumerated 

 more than once. 



Months. — January, February, April, May, October, 

 November, December. 



Districts. — All. 



It is not specified in what month several of the specimens 

 above mentioned were seen or obtained, but it is somewhat 

 remarkable that not one is recorded as having been observed 

 in any of the summer months, and only one in May ; while 

 in Norfolk it bred, though rarely, in one or two of the 



