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Yarmouth (Paget, Y. 10), at Herringfleet (Leathes), at 

 Lowestoft (Freeman v v.), at Oaklev (Clarke MS.); numerous 

 at Leiston in the winter of 1872-3 (G. T. Eope MS.); 

 not uncommon at Sudbury (King, List, 128); as more or 

 less uncommon at Great Bealings (Moor MS.), Shotley 

 (Kerry MS.). Bramford (Haward MS.), Cockfield (C. B.), 

 Drinkstone Park (Capt. Powell), and at Rattlesden (Col. 

 Parker). Recorded from various other places ; one was 

 found at Barton Mills Nov. 1884, choked by a miller's 

 thumb (Howlett, v.v.) a curious example of a Water 

 Pail's taking fish. Nests have been observed at Yarmouth 

 (Stev. B. of N.) t at Barnaby Broad and Westleton (F. 

 Spalding), Aldeburgh (Hele), Uownham (Stev. B. of JV. 

 from Prof. Newton), Brandon (Hawkins), and Nowton 

 (Hawkins). The eggs were formerly supposed to be very 

 rare. This bird is more common than might be supposed, 

 as it is generally concealed in sedges or other herbage ; 

 in these it may be occasionally caught alive, as was one 

 taken at Cockfield.* A nest found in the neighbourhood 

 of Yarmouth, is described by Mr. John Smith : — "The bird 

 had selected for her nest a thick tuft of long grass, hollow 

 at the bottom, on the side of the reed pond ; the nest, about 

 an inch and a half thick, was composed of willow leaves 

 and rushes ; it was so covered by the top of the grass, 

 that neither bird, nest, or eggs could be seen ; the entrance 

 to and from the nest was through an aperture of grass, 

 directly into the reeds" (Ann. Nat. Hist. ii. (1839) 78). 



Land Kail or Corn Crake, Crex pratensis, Bechstein. 

 S. andW. Cat. 47. 



Districts all. Recorded as common or not uncommon at 

 Yarmouth (Paget), at Herringfleet (Leathes), at Great 



* Mr. Stevenson (B. of N. ii. 40-1) might be said of the bird in Suffolk : my 



observes that the Water Rail, like many records and observations are insufficient 



others, must be regarded as both migratory to determine the matter one way or the 



and resident in Norfolk, i. e., that the other. Mr. J. H Gurney, jun. believes 



birds resident throughout the winter that none of the birds which nest in 



receive migrant incomers in March and Norfolk remain for the winter (in Hit.). 

 April. Very probably the same thing 



