164 CATALOGUE OF THE BIRDS OF SUFFOLK. 



Herringfleet; he says also that one was shot on his Breydon marshes in 

 Feb, 1842 (Stev. B. of N. ii., 157). A female shot near Lowestoft in 

 June 1830 was found to contain a perfect egg ; formerly in Mr. C. A. 

 Preston's Collection, now in that of Mr. Stevenson (Paget Y., 8, Stev. 

 u. s. 155, and MS, and J. H. Gurney and W. R. Fisher in Z. 1321). 

 One taken near Bungay, in the possession of Mrs. Bedingfield (Freeman 

 v.v.); one shot Oct. 15, 1872 near Bungay (the same bird?) (H. Stevenson 

 and J. H. Gurney in Z. 2nd S. 3356). One shot at Barnaby Broad in 

 Mr. Miller's possession (Paget, Y. 8). 



2. One seen by the Rev. H. K. Creed rising out of the sedge close to 

 him, while he was fishing in Benacre Broad in July 1854 (Creed MS. 1 ); 

 another seen there May 1, 1863 (T. E. Gunn in Young England, iii., 59). 

 One shot at Yoxford, in the Seckford Reading Room, Woodbridge (E. 

 Cobbold in Hit, to whom it belongs). One shot at Leiston in Aug. 

 1882; seen by Mr. J. H. Gurney, jun., at Mr. Gunn's (J. H. Gurney, 

 jun. in ML). Mr. Spalding heard of a pair killed near Orford (F. 

 Spalding MS.). 



3. Killed at Glevering, on Lady Huntingfield's estate (Lord Hunt- 

 ingfield in lift., C. B. !). One shot at Melton ; in possession of Mr. 

 Schreiber (T. Carthew in litt. ) . 



West Suffolk, 



6. A mature and an immature bird in Mr. King's Collection, said by 

 Mr. Hills to have been obtained near Sudbury (C. B.!); an immature 

 specimen, formerly in the Sudbury Museum, may probably have been 

 obtained in the neighbourhood (now in my Collection, C. B.). A fine 

 specimen killed on the Cornard meadows was in possession of the late 

 Rev. E. Sidney (F. Lambarde in lift,). Another, a mature bird, shot 

 there by Mr. F. W. Taylor in Aug. 1872 (in my Collection, C. B.). 



7. Barton Mills 1861 (Bilson MS.). 



8. One killed near Bury in 1850 by the late S. Newham, Esq. (Bilson 

 in Joiirn. Suff. Inst., 46). 



Months. — February, May, June, July, August, October. 

 Districts.- 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8. 



This rare bird has occurred principally in the summer 



months ; it is more especially a bird of the Broads, both in 



Suffolk and in Norfolk, and has been observed in these 



counties more frequently than elsewhere in England 



(Dresser, B. of Eur, vi., 260). 



Fail Eallid^:. 

 Watek Rail, Rallus aquations, L. 

 S. and W. Cat. 47. 

 Districts all. Eecorded as common in the marshes at 



