CATALOGUE OP THE BIRDS OF SUFFOLK. 203 



Eared Grebe, Podicipes auritus (L.). 



S. and W. Cat. 50. — Spald. List, xxxviii. Very seldom 

 seen, particularly in adult plumage. 



East Suffolk. 



1. A specimen caught alive near Yarmouth in the autumn of 1817, it 

 was very tame ; Mr. Sabine had one from the same place (S. and W. u. s. ; 

 see also Hunt, Brit. Orn.,m., 94, with a figure of the bird taken in 1817) ; 

 another in Mr. Gould's Collection (British Museum) ; a male and female 

 in full summer plumage, April 17, 1851, another also in full summer 

 plumage three days earlier, sent to Leadenhall Market (R. Strangwayes 

 in Z. 3117; J. Green in if. 3175)'; and a beautiful pair killed in May, 

 1852 (E. Newman in Z. 3477). Rarely shot on Breydon or the Broads 

 (Paget Y., 12); one killed on Breydon in partial change to summer 

 plumage, April 12, 1865 (in Mr. Stevenson's Collection; Dresser, B. of 

 Eur. viii., 653), and one, adult, in 1883 (J. H. Gurney, jun., in lift.). 



2. A few immature birds obtained at Aldeburgh in the winter (Hele, 

 Aid., 162; James MS.); a fine male in perfect dress shot near the Mar- 

 tello Tower, August 3, 1870, the first obtained at Aldeburgh in full 

 summer plumage (J. G. Tuck in Z. 3rd S. ii., 434); another in like 

 plumage obtained by Mr. V. H. Crewe (J. H. Gurney, jun., in lift.). 



3. One shot on the Woodbridge river, in the Seckford Reading Room 

 (E. Cobbold in liti, to whom it belongs, C. B.!). A female from Wood- 

 bridge river, presented by Mr. E. Moor (Ipswich Museum). Another 

 in Mr. Phillips' Collection (W. P. T. Phillips in litt.). Shot at N acton (G. 

 Ransome in Z. 1692). Rare on the Orwell and Stour (Kerry MS.). 



4. One shot by Capt. Shilling near Ipswich, Aug., 1878, in full 

 summer dress (Dresser, B. of Eur. viii., 653 ; Podd v. v.). 



West Suffolk. 



5. Redgrave (Wilson MS.). 



7. Barton Mills, Feb. 1869 (Tearle MS. from Howlett). 



8. A specimen from Fornham, sent by Mr. Baker, in Jan. 1876, to 

 Mr. Bilson, who preserved it (Bury Post, Jan. 25, 1876 ; Bilson MS.). 



Months. — January, February, April, May, August. 

 Districts.— I, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8. 



Obtained occasionally along the coast, and more rarely 

 inland. It has occurred both in summer and winter 

 plumage. 



Little Grebe or Dabchick, Podicipes minor (Gmelin). 

 S. and W. Cat. 51. — Catalogued only. 

 Districts all ; recorded as common about Lowestoft 



