CATALOGUE OF THE BIRDS OF SUFFOLK. 183 



A specimen from Drinkstone, iu Capt. Powell's Collection (C. B. !). One 

 shot at Clopton Hall (Col. Parker v.v.). 



Breeds. 



Months. — January, March, April, May, June, August, 

 September, November, December. 



Districts. — All. 



Principally a spring and autumn migrant, but found 

 more or less throughout the year ; a few remain to breed, 

 mostly near the sea. A nestling however from Elveden, 

 obtained June 1875, is in the Cambridge Museum. Not 

 very uncommon. 



Pintail, Anas acuta, L. 



S. and W. Cat. 56. Not uncommon. — Spald. List, 

 xxxviii. Catalogued only. 



East Suffolk. 



1. Yarmouth, not uncommon (Paget, Y. 11). Breydon (in Mr. 

 Combe's Collection, C. B. !); some appeared there Feb. 1881 (H. 

 Stevenson in Z. 3rd S. vii., 326); two young birds shot there Dec. 1881, 

 and a young male Oct. 1882, in my Collection, C. B. (G. Smith in liti). 

 Shot on Fritton Lake in 1881 (Page v.v.). 



2. Benacre or Easton Broad (Spalding's Sale, Lot 358). Westleton, 

 rare (F. Spalding MS.). Several seen in the Hospital Marsh, Leiston, Feb. 

 1873 (G. T. Rope in Z. 2nd S. 3609 and MS.). Observed by Ray on 

 the coast about Aldeburgh and Orford (Raii Syn. Meth. Avium. 147; 

 Lond. 1713); many were shot during two winters at Aldeburgh, other- 

 wise they have been rare ; specimens have been since obtained in Jan. 

 1861, Feb. 1868, Feb. 1873, and Sept. 17, 1881 (Hele, AM., 153 and 

 MS.; T. Lister in Z. 3rd S. vii?., 67; James MS.); shot March 1870 

 (Tuck v.v.); a beautiful pair seen there May 1874 (J. G. Tuck in Z. 

 2nd S. 4536). Sudbourn Hall Estate, in Sir R. Wallace's Collection 

 (C. B. !). 



3. Not rare on the Woodbridge River; one in possession of Mr. 

 Hillen (W. H. M. Carthew MS.); another in possession of Mr. T. 

 Carthew (C. B. !); another in the Ipswich Museum (C. B. !). Three 

 killed on the Stour, rare in the neighbourhood, two in Mr. Kerry's 

 Collection (Kerry MS. and C. B.). 



4. Bramford, rare (Haward MS.). 



West Suffolk. 



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



6. A female bird shot in the winter of 1837-8, near Sudbury (King, 

 List, 128). 



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