1 72 CATALOGUE OF THE BIRDS OF SUFFOLK. 



river (King, List 128). One shot near Mr. Hoy's residence at Stoke-by- 

 N ay land (Hoy Collection). 



8. Pour seen at Hopton Feb. 1880; one immature, shot (in my 

 Collection, C. B.). One killed at Rushbrooke by Col. Ayres in 1840 

 (Bilson MS.). 



Months. — January, February, October, December. 



Districts.— \, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8. 



This, like the preceding, is a winter visitant, sometimes 

 appearing in small flocks. It is decidedly less common than 

 the Whooper ; the bird is much smaller in size, has fewer tail 

 quills, and differs materially in its internal structure. 



Mute Swan, Cygnus olor, Naumann. 



East Suffolk. 



2. A few appear, generally in immature dress, about Aldeburgh every 

 winter, probably escaped birds ; one brought to Mr. Hele Dec. 1860, 

 another killed at Snape Dec. 1869 ( Hele, AM. 146-7); three seen, and two 

 shot on Aldeburgh Mere early in Dec. 1882, probably tame birds (W. H. M. 

 Carthew in titt, from the East Anglian). 



3. Occasionally seen in small flocks flying over Great Bealings (Moor 

 MS.). 



West Suffolk. 

 8. Breeds in a semi-domesticated state at Euston, Culford, and else- 

 where ; a nest found April 4, 1848 (A. Newton in Z. 2227 and in litt.)^ 



Months. — April, December. 



Districts. — 2, 3, 8. 



A native of North and Eastern Europe, and also found 

 on the Caspian Sea and elsewhere in Asia; not truly wild 

 with us. The stragglers about our coasts have probably 

 strayed from some swannery, or have been in a state of 

 domestication. Mr. Dresser thinks that the bird may have 

 been introduced by the Eomans, while Yarrell supposes 

 that they were brought from Cyprus in the reign of Richard 

 I. (see Dresser vi., 420-422). Darting does not admit this 

 bird into his Handbook, but it is admitted into the Ibis List, 

 and Dresser (u. s.J even thinks that it has as good a claim 

 to be included as a British species as the Pheasant. Mr. 

 Stevenson, in a note just communicated to me, thinks it 



