194 CATALOGUE OF THE BIRDS OF SUFFOLK. 



adult male and a young bird Feb. 17, 1865 (H. Stevenson in Z. 9576): 

 and a young male shot by E. T. Booth, Esq. (G. Smith in Hit.). Two 

 males shot by Mr. F. Frere on Breydon in Feb. 1865 (T. E. Gunn in 

 Naturalist for 1865, p. 29); some seen there Jan. 1876 (H. Stevenson 

 in Z. 2nd S. 4894); four adult females shot Dec. 1878 {id. in 

 Z. 3rd S. iv., 340); a pair shot in the same winter (in Mr. Combe's 

 Collection, C. B. !), several shot Jan. 1881 (H. Stevenson in Z. 3rd 

 S. vii.,314) ; and a pair obtained some years ago from Mr. G. Smith, 

 the plumage of the male was in a very rare state of change (J- H. 

 Gurney jun., in litt ). One shot at Herringfleet by Col. Leathes (Leathes 

 in lit/,). A female killed at Somerleyton in Jan. 1881 (Freeman v. v., 

 C. B. !). One shot at Oulton Broad in winter 1876 (G. Mason in litt. 

 who has it). Mr. Everitt mentions that two were killed in Jan. 1876, 

 probably in the neighbourhood of North Cove (Creed in litt). A fine 

 male shot near Beccles Jan. 17, 1867 (T. E Gunn in Z. 2nd S. 759). 



2. A pair killed in a severe winter on Lord Huntingfield's Suffolk 

 Estate, in his Collection (Lord Huntingfield in lilt). Snape, 1829 

 (Acton in Loudon's Mag. N. H. iv., 163 (1831)). Has become more 

 rare about Aldeburgh of late, the mature male has always been scarce, 

 though it has been taken at different times (Hele, Aid., 159) ; a pair 

 taken there in 1881 (Howlett in litt.). One from the Sudbourn Hall 

 Estate, in Sir R. Wallace's Collection (C. B. !). 



3. Two killed on the Woodbridge River in 1856, one in possession of 

 Mr. Hillen (Carthew MS.); a splendid male killed there (in Lord 

 Rendlesham's Collection, C. B !), and another pair (in the Collection 

 of Mr. W. P. T. Phillips). Rare on the Stour (Kerry MS.). Two or 

 three shot on the Orwell in 1864 (F. M. Spalding MS. note). 



4. Shot on Bosmere Mere (H. Lingwood in lilt.). 



West Suffolk. 



5. Oakley, occasionally; a specimen in Sir E. Kerrison's Collection 

 (W. Clarke in litt.). 



6. Fine male shot at Cornard in the winter of 1837-8 (King, List, 

 128). 



7. Male and female shot on the Hockwold River (Newcome Collec- 

 tion). Three shot near Thetford in the winter of 1846-7, one was an 

 adult male (A. Newton in Z. 1693). 



8. One shot at Bardwell by the Rev. H. Blake, and preserved 

 (Hawkins MS.). 



Months, — January, February, December. 



Districts. — All. 



A winter visitant throughout the county, more especially 

 near the sea ; adult birds are rather rare. 



