CATALOGUE OP THE BIRDS OF SUFFOLK. 205 



West Suffolk. 



7. Three found dead on Newmarket Heath Dec. 1875; another Jan. 

 1883 (Howlett v.v.). 



8. One shot at Hardwick, near Bury St. Edmund's, Dec. 1878 

 (Bilson in litt.). 



Months. — January, March, November, December. 



Districts.— \, 2, 3, 7, 8. 



Met with on the coast in the winter months, but only 

 rarely ; it has been occasionally driven inland. 



Eazor-Bill, Alea torda, L. 



S. and W. Cat. 61. Catalogued only.— Spald. List, 

 xxxviii. Catalogued only. 



Bast Suffolk. 



1. Yarmouth, an occasional visitant (Paget Y., 12); very plentiful in 

 the Roads in the autumn of 1873 (H. Stevenson in Z. 2nd S., 3716). 

 Lowestoft (Freeman v.v.); Mr. Creed saw one there, Aug. 1854 (Creed 

 MS.). 



2. One caught in a net at Southwold (H. V. Remnant in litt.). Many 

 found dead near Leiston in Feb. 1872, as well as in many other parts of 

 England (Field, Feb. 24, quoted in Z. 2nd S., 3024). Aldeburgh, 1827, 

 "Black-billed Auk" (Acton in Loudon's Mag. N. H. iv. (1831), 163). 

 A few mature birds found dead at Aldeburgh every season; a number 



\. i ;•. nl Sept. 1862, and two immature specimens obtained 

 (Hele, Aid., 165,); one, immature, obtained on the Aide Aug. 6, 1870 

 (J. G. Tuck in Z. 2nd S. 2368); many found dead at Aldeburgh, in 

 Feb. 1872 (N. F. Hele in Z. 2nd S., 3024); one shot on the Aide, about 

 five miles from the mouth, Aug. 13, 1873 (H. Durnford in Z. 2nd S., 

 3798); one washed ashore at Aldeburgh just alive, Jan. 1879, and 

 another dead Feb. 1879 (F. M. Ogilvie in Z. 3rd S. iii., 265). Shot on 

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



3. Washed ashore dead at Bawdsey (in the Collection of Mr. W. P. 

 T. Phillips). Common in some winters at Felixstowe and Walton 

 (Kerry MS.). 



Months. — January, February, August, September. 



Districts. — 1, 2, 3. 



Has occurred on most parts of the coast at various times 

 of the year. Not very unfrequently found dead upon the 

 shore. 



