166 CATALOGUE OF THE BIRDS OF SUFFOLK. 



Bealings (Moor), at Shotley (Kerry), at Buxhall (White), 

 at Brettenham (T. B. Beale), at Lavenham (White), and 

 at Gazeley (Tearle) ; as found sparingly at Westleton 

 (Spalding), at Aldeburgh (Hele), at Bramford (Haward), 

 at Bacton (A. B. Hemsworth), at Cockfield (C. B.), at 

 Sudbury (King), at Ickworth, where its numbers have of 

 late decreased (Lord John Hervey), at Bradfield Combust 

 (A. J. Young), and at Battlesden (Col. Parker). Eecorded 

 from various other places. One shot at Leiston in 1872, as 

 late as Dec. 16 (G. T. Rope MS.). Nests have been 

 observed at Melton (F. Spalding), at Whitton (H. Turner), 

 at Wherstead, which locality the bird appears now to have 

 forsaken (F. B. Zincke), at Oakley (W. Clarke), and at 

 Melford (King) ; at Sapiston in 1854 (A. Newton v. v.), at 

 Bury in 1883 (Travis v. v.), and at Lavenham Park and 

 Lavenham Hall (E. Hitchcock). This summer migrant is 

 seen annually in all the districts of the county, but for 

 the most part in small numbers ; it is perhaps most 

 commonly met with in autumn, but is very rare in any of 

 the winter months. 



Spotted Crake, Crex porzana (L.) 



S. and W. Cat. 48. — Spald. List, xxxvii. Catalogued 

 only. 



East Suffolk. 



1. Eggs and young found in considerable numbers in the neighbour- 

 hood of Yarmouth (S. and W. u. s. ) ; one from this place July J 877 

 (Travis v. v.); eight or ten obtained in the neighbourhood in Nov. 1881 

 (H. Stevenson in Z. 3rd S. vii., 320). Not uncommon at Belton (Paget, 

 Y. 10). Several obtained at Herringfleet about 1S74 by Col. Leathes 

 (Leathes in lift.). Mr. Creed shot one on Oulton Broad in 1854 (Creed 

 MS.); another shot there Dec. 1879 (G. Mason, who has it). Four shot 

 near Lowestoft, Nov. 1881 (H. Stevenson in Z. 3rd S. vii., 320). Mr. 

 Everitt mentions one as having been shot in March 1873 (probably in 

 the neighbourhood of North Cove) (Creed in litt.). 



2. Mr. T. M. Spalding has taken its eggs in the Blythburgh fen; 

 Westleton, nests, rare (F. Spalding MS.). A nest, similar to that of 

 a Waterhen, containing six young birds and three eggs found at Leiston 

 May 28, 1872, with the old bird just hatching off on a large piece of 

 reed land; one shot Sept. 18, 1873; another in Oct., 1878; two flushed 



