182 CATALOGUE OF THE BIRDS OF SUFFOLK. 



British Birds, by Merrett, published in 1667 (A. Newton 

 in litt.). No nest has, so far as I know, hitherto been found. 



Shoveller, Anas clypeata, L. 



S. and W. Cat. 56. Mentions Norfolk only.— Spald. 

 List, xxxviii. 



East Suffolk. 



1. Yarmouth, not uncommon (Paget, Y. 11); a variety (or rather 

 state) killed there May 24, 1817 (Hunt, Brit. Orn. ii., 271, who 

 describes it; and Whitear's Diary, 245). A male killed there Dec. 1878 

 (T. E. Gunn in Z. 3rd S. iv., 53). Several lots seen on Breydon Aug. 

 1881 (H. Stevenson in Z- 3rd S. vii., 327); an adult male shot there 

 Nov. 3, 1882 (G. Smith in litt). A male shot on Fritton Lake Jan. 

 1881, preserved at Somerleyton Hall (Page v. v.; Freeman v. v.; C. B. !). 



2. Has bred at Benacre Broad (Spald. u. s.). A pair killed on 

 Lord Huntingfield's estate in a severe winter, in his Collection (Lord 

 Huntingfield in litt.). A young bird killed near Leiston Aug. 28, 1873; 

 others seen on the reed-land in the summer of 1877, probably breeding; 

 a female with five young ones seen on the old river, June 25, 1883 (G. 

 T. Rope in Z. 2nd S. 3868; 3rd S. vii., 496 and MS.). Occurs in the 

 early spring on the Aide, several instances enumerated by Mr. Hele 

 (Hele, Aid., 152 and MS.); an adult female shot there Aug. 1870 (in 

 Mr Tuck's Collection, C. B. !) ; three immature birds obtained there, Aug. 

 15, 1872, and a young bird Sept. 6, 1877 (J. G. Tuck in Z. 2nd S. 2369, 

 3307, 3rd. S. i., 496); at least twenty, mature and immature, seen there 

 in the poulterers' shops in summer 1883 (T. Lister in Z. 3rd S. viii., 

 67). A splendid male from Iken Decoy in Mr. Rope's Collection (Rope 

 MS.). Shot on the Sudbourn Hall Estate (in Sir R. Wallace's Collection, 

 C. B. !). 



3. Has frequently occurred on the Woodbridge River (Carthew MS.). 

 Breeds in the tussocks in the middle of Ramsholt marshes ; Mr. Hope 

 shot a fine young bird there Sept. 1884 (G. P. Hope in litt). A young 

 male obtained on the Orwell Jan. 1864 (T. M. Spalding, MS. note), and 

 a female in 1878 (Podd v.v.). Four killed on the Holbrook side of the 

 river Stour, two are in Mr. Kerry's Collection; it is rather rare in the 

 neighbourhood (Kerry MS.). 



4. Bramford, rare (Haward MS.). 



West Suffolk. 



5. Oakley, occasionally (W. Clarke in litt.). 



6. One shot at Melford in 1881 (Sir W. Parker v.v., who has it, C. B.!). 



7. A pair shot on the river near Thetford March 7, 1871 (H. Stevenson 

 mZ. 2ndS. 2828). 



8. One shot at Saxham, flying very high, April 1880 (Travis v.v.). 



