196 CATALOGUE OF THE BIRDS OP SUFFOLK. 



that the bird is usually to be seen along the Suffolk coast 

 during autumn, winter, and early spring (Rough Notes pt. 

 v.). 



Goosander, Mergus merganser, L. 



S. and W. Cat. 58. — Spald. List xxxviii. Sometimes 

 obtained in hard winters. 



East Suffolk. 



1. Yarmouth, occasionally in severe winters (Paget, Y. 12); an adult 

 male occurred at Yarmouth in Jan. 1848 (J. H. Gurney and W. R. 

 Fisher in Z. 2027); a fine old male shot there in Dec. 1875; several of 

 both sexes Jan. 1881 (H. Stevenson in Z. 2nd S. 4777 and 3rd S. vii., 

 313). One in Mr. Spalding's Sale fromBreydon (Lot 293) ; a very fine 

 old male shot there about Feb. 1874; an old male bird and an 

 immature one March 11, 1875; and some seen Jan. 1876 (H. Stevenson 

 in Z. 2nd S. 4186, 4629, and 4893) ; a male shot there May 22, 1880, 

 from Lowne (in my Collection, C. B.). Fritton Decoy, occasionally 

 (Leathes in lift). A fine male specimen killed at Lowestoft, in the 

 possession of Mr. Crickmore (S. and W. u. s.). A fine male killed on 

 Oulton Broad Jan. 1881 (G. Mason in lift, who has it), and a female 

 on the same place, Dec. 1882 (id.). 



2. A male killed in a severe winter on Lord Huntingfield's Estate, 

 in his Collection (Lord Huntingfield in litt). Little knots of these birds 

 frequent Thorpe Mere and the river; four shot on the Aide, March 15, 

 1866; a mature male procured in 1862; several immature birds obtained 

 from the river near Iken in Jan. 1867 (Hele, Aid. 160). One, 

 Feb. 28, 1879, at Aldeburgh (F. M. Ogilvie in Z. 3rd S. iii., 266). Shot 

 on the Sudbourn Hall Estate (in Sir R Wallace's Collection, C. B. !). 



3. A specimen from Rendlesham Park (in the British Museum). 

 Often met with in the Woodbridge district; specimens have been 

 preserved by Mr. Heffer (Carthew MS.); one male bird shot near 

 Woodbridge (in the Seckford Reading Room, C. B. !); and another from 

 the river Deben (in the Collection of Mr. W. P. T. Phillips). 

 Occasionally seen on the Stour and Orwell ; it has been shot at Walton 

 (Kerry MS.). 



4. A pair, male and female, shot on the Orwell, near Ipswich, in the 

 Hoy Collection (Seaman's Catalogue) ; Mr. Kerry shot a fine old male 

 quite close to Ipswich (Kerry MS.). 



West Suffolk. 



5. One shot at Oakley, by Sir E. Kerrison in whose Collection it is 

 (W. Clarke in litt.). 



7. Male and female from the Hockwold River (Newcome Collection). 

 Elveden (Cambridge Museum). 



