1^0 CATALOGUE OF THE BIRDS OF SUFFOLK. 



it is liable to be attacked and devoured by gulls (S. and "W". 

 u. s.). 



Order V. Natatores. 



Fam. A nation. 



Wild Swan or Whooper, Cygnus musicus, Bechstein. 



S. and W. Cat. 55. — Spald. List, xxxviii. Catalogued 

 only. 



East Suffolk. 



1. Not unfrequent at Yarmouth and the adjacent parts in severe 

 winters ; many were killed in 1819 (S. and W. u. s.); more or less 

 common there in different seasons (Paget Y. 11); several killed in the 

 winter 1860-61 (H. Stevenson in Z. 7392); five brought down there 

 at one shot by a gunner early in Jan. 1871 (Ipsivich Journal, Jan. 10, 

 1871). One killed on Breydon Dec. 13, 1819, measured 4£ feet in 

 length (Whitear's Diary, 2bl); eighteen seen there Jan. 1871, and several 

 shot in the following Feb. (H. Stevenson in Z. 2nd S. 2602-3); three 

 seen in winter 1869-70 (id. in Z. 2nd S. 2363); one killed there, about 

 May 10, 1880, having put in a late appearance (id. in Z. 3rd. S. vi., 

 368). Fritton Decoy, occasionally; in 1876 six passed within twenty 

 yards of Col. Loathes, making their usual noise (Leathes in Ktt.). One 

 shot at Oulton, March 4, 1870 (Stev. in Z. 2nd S. 2363). Several killed 

 near Lowestoft in Jan. 1855; Mr. Creed saw a couple flying north in 

 March the same year (Creed MS.). 



2. One seen at Leiston flying inland from the sea, Jan. 11, 1871, and 

 two more the following day; many others seen in the marshes there both 

 in Jan. and Feb. ; and two in Jan. 1873 (Rope MS). A male bird 

 taken at Southwold in Dec. 1880 (Freeman v.v.). Six seen flying over 

 Mr. Hope's house, at Blaxhall, Oct. 24, 1866, and another Oct. 28 

 (Rope MS. ). Appears during the excessive cold of severe winters about 

 Aldeburgh ; one, immature, killed on the river in Dec. 1860; seven seen 

 near Blackstakes, March 186 1 ; and four at Sizewell, Jan. 1862; a great 

 number visited Aldeburgh in the winterof 1 870-71 ; upwardsoftwenty-four 

 specimens were killed (Hele, Aid. 146 and MS.); one shot at Aldeburgh, 

 Jan. 1871, in Mr. Tuck's possession (Tuck v.v.). One shot on the 

 Sudbouru Hall estate, in Sir I.". Wallace's Collection (C. B. !). 



3. Occasionally shot on the Orwell, near Walton, in severe winters 

 (Kerry MS.); one in Mr. Kerry's Collection (C. B. !). 



West Suffolk. 



5. Redgrave (Wilson MS.). 



6. Several were shot in the neighbourhood of Sudbury during the 

 severe winter of 1837-8 (King, List 128); one in Mr. King's Collection 



