CATALOGUE OF THE BIRDS OF SUFFOLK. 173 



probable that stragglers may at times come to our shores 

 from those northern and eastern portions of Europe, where 

 it is wild. 



Grey Lag Goose, Anser ferus (Gmelin). 



S. and W. Cat. 54. — Catalogued only. 



East Suffolk. 



1. Yarmouth, very common (Paget, 7. 10); two shot in the neighbour- 

 hood Oct. 22, 1881, one in my Collection (C. B.), the other an immature 

 specimen much barred across the breast (H. Stevenson in Z. 3rd S. vii„ 

 320, G. Smith in lift.). A fine male shot on Breydon in April, 1849 (J. 

 H. Gurney in Z. 2456), several flocks seen there Sept. 24 and 25, 1881, 

 two birds shot, one sent to Mr. Stevenson (H. Stevenson in Z. 3rd S. 

 vii ,318) another shot May, 1882 (W. Lowne in I'M). 



2. Appears regularly in flocks in the low lands at the Blackstakes, Iken, 

 and Sudbourn in Oct. and Nov. ; several specimens have been obtained 

 at Sudbourn since 1859 (Hele, Aid., 141). An adult male shot Sept. 

 10, 1870, on Thorpe Mere ; Mr. Tuck says this is one of the rarest geese 

 on the Suffolk coast (J. G. Tuck in Z. 2nd. S. 2369). One killed on the 

 Sudbourn Hall estate in Sir R. Wallace's Collection (C. B. !). 



3. One shot on the Holbrook side of the Stour (Kerry MS.). 



4. Bramford, rare (Howard MS.). 



Months. — April, May, September, October, November. 

 Districts. — 1, 2, 3, 4. 



This and the following are so nearly allied that one may 

 sometimes have been mistaken for the other. The Grey 

 Lag Goose appears to be now much the rarer species ; its 

 beak has no pink about it, the nail is pale, the legs dull 

 flesh colour. It "formerly" bred in the feDS of Lincolnshire 

 and other swamps contiguous to our eastern coasts (Hunt 

 Brit. Orn. ii., Norwich, 1815); these remarks may very 

 well include parts of Suffolk. 



Bean Goose, Anser segetum (Gmelin). 



S. and W. Cat. 54. Spald. List, xxxviii. Winter 

 visitor. 



East Suffolk. 



1. Found occasionally about Yarmouth, said to be more common 

 than the Grey Lag Goose (S. and W. u. s.), less frequent there than the 

 Grey Lag Goose (Paget, Y. 10), one shot there Oct. 15, 1881 (H 



