178 CATALOGUE OP THE BIRDS OF SUFFOLK. 



1872; more than forty seen at Sizewell in June 1867; twelve seen at 

 Orford, July 1869 (Hele, Aid., 145 and MS.); one shot at Aldeburgh 

 June 28, 1877 (F. Kerry in Z. 3rd S. i., 525 and MS.). 



3. One shot near Felixstowe, July 1877 (F. Kerry in Z. u. s. and MS.). 



West Suffolk 



8. One shot by Mr. Leeds at Saxham, March 1861 (Newcome 

 Collection). One shot at Rougham Water Cot, March 29, 1875 (Creed 

 MS.). 



Months. — March, June, July. 



Districts.— I, 2, 3, 8. 



Admitted by Harting as an " annual winter visitant," 

 but called in the Ibis List an " introduced species often 

 found at large, especially in winter." It is remarkable that 

 the specimens recorded above have all been seen in Suffolk 

 in the spring or summer. Many are kept and bred on 

 large pieces of water, as at Gunton and Eiddlesworth in 

 Norfolk, and Culford in Suffolk, some of which escape, and 

 may pass for wild birds (A. Newton and J. H. Gurney, 

 jnn. in MM.). 



Egyptian Goose, Anser cegyptiacus (L,). 



Hunt, Brit. Orn. ii., 236 (Norwich, 1815). A specimen 

 was then in possession of Eev. B. Philpot, of Sibton Park, 

 near Yoxford ; it was killed in Suffolk. 



East Suffolk. 



1. A pair shot by a fisherman off the Yarmouth coast in April 1851 

 (J. Green in Z. 3175). Four seen and one, a female, shot on Breydon 

 Aug. 3, 1855 (Dennis, Notes in Yarrell and Bury Museum); a fine 

 adult pair obtained there in May 1864 (T. E. Gunn in Nat. for 1864, 

 45), and a male shot there Feb. 1, 1882 (W. Lowne in lift.). One shot 

 at Oulton Broad, Feb. 1877 (G. Mason in liti, who has it). 



2. A fine specimen shot a few years ago at Blaxhall, it was alone and 

 shewed no signs of having been in captivity; in Mr. Hope's Collection 

 (Rope MS.). Has occurred several times near Aldeburgh, especially about 

 Thorpe Mere, where two were obtained about 1857, and eight seen 

 July 21, 1862; two or three others, too wild to allow a chance of a shot, 

 frequented the Mere in Jan. 1866 (Helc,^d., 144). 



3. A specimen from the Woodbridge district, preserved by Mr. 

 Heffer; probably an escaped bird (Carthcw MS.). Two killed on the 

 Orwell (Kerry MS.). 



