CATALOGUE OF THE BIRDS OF SUFFOLK. 209 



Breydon ('Lubbock's Fauna of Norf. 174, Ed. 1879); one killed there 

 (Spalding's Sale, Lot 326). Bred, occasionally using the Heron's nests, 

 at Herringfleet up to 1825; in that year there were many nests, but in 

 1827 not one ; since that time they appear very rarely, if ever, to have 

 nested at all (Lubbock's Fauna of Norf., u.s.); one in breeding plumage 

 shot there April 4, 1848 (J. H. Gurney and W. R. Fisher in Z. 2185). 

 Very plentiful at Fritton within the remembrance of Page, the decoy- 

 man, who never knew them to breed there (J. H. Gurney, jun., in litt.). 



2. Two on Easton Broad Aug. 20, 1873 (H. Durnford in Z. 2nd S., 

 3798). Westleton, rare (Spalding MS.). Frequently observed at sea- 

 board, also on the river Aide ; an immature female killed along shore 

 at Aldeburgh in the autumn of 1867 (Hele, Aid., 165; James MS.). 

 An old bird seen crossing from the meres to the sea at Aldeburgh July 

 30, 1881 (J. Tuck in Z. 3rd S. v., 468). An immature male killed on 

 the Orford river Oct. 4, 1871 (Hele, in Field, Oct. 14, 1871). 



3. Immature bird shot at Higham in 1879 (F. Lambarde, in whose 

 possession it is, in litt). On the Orwell and Stour, rare (Kerry MS.) ; 

 one seen near Pin Mill on the Orwell Sept. 6, 1881 (J. H. H. Knights 

 in Z. 3rd S. vi., 151). 



4. Killed at Hoxne, in Sir E. Kerrison's Collection (W. Clarke in 

 litt.). 



West Suffolk. 



7. Two taken within three or four miles of Thetford (Newby in litt, 

 who has one of them). One shot flying over the flooded land at Laken- 

 heath, Sept. 8, 1879, preserved by Mr. Prestland (Suffolk Standard, 

 Sept. 16, 1879). 



Formerly bred. 



Months, — April, May, July, August, September, October. 

 Districts.— 1, 2, 3, 4, 7. 



Found along the whole length of the coast, not very 

 uncommon on some parts ; and occasionally found far 

 inland. Bred some years back on one of the fresh-water 

 lakes, but never, in Suffolk, by the sea. 



Shag, Graculus cristatus (Faber). 



S. and W. Cat. 59. 



East Suffolk. 



1. Yarmouth, very rare (Paget Y., 12). 



2. Aide River, Jan. 1870 (in Mr. Tuck's Collection). One occurred 

 near Slaughden in Jan. 1370 (Hele, Aid., 166). 



3. One seen on the Stour in Sept. 1820, swimming prodigiously fast 

 (S. and W. u. s.); another probably from this river, or the Orwell, was 

 in the Sudbury Museum ; now in my Collection (C. B.). 



