210 CATALOGUE OF THE BIRDS OF SUFFOLK. 



West Suffolk. 



7. One taken on the Suffolk side of Newmarket, Oct. 1884 ; it was 

 kept alive for some days by Mr. J. F. Clark, who has it stuffed (Howletl 

 v. v.). 



Months. — January, September, October. 



Districts.— I, 2, 3, 7. 

 Very rare in Suffolk, and on the East coast of England 

 generally. 



Gannet, Sula bassana (L.). 



S. and W. Cat. 59. — Spald., List, xxxviii. Sometimes 

 seen in stormy weather. 



East Suffolk. 



1. Has been met with at Yarmouth (S. and W. u. s.); one killed at 

 this place, where it is rare (Hunt in Stacey's Hist, of Norf. lxiv.); not 

 uncommon, several shot in the Roads after the severe gale of Oct. 31, 

 1827 (Paget F., 12); a male shot there in 1849 (Bury Museum) ; several 

 fine old birds shot off this place in Dec. 1861 (H. Stevenson in Z., 

 7393); one taken Oct. 1865 (T. E. Gunn in Nat. for 1865, 298); several 

 more shot in Oct. 1872 (H. Stevenson and J. H. Gurney in Z. 2nd S., 

 3355); and one caught in a fishing boat in 1877 ; Mr. Biddell, M.P., 

 kept it for some time alive and gave it to me ; it is now in my Collec- 

 tion, C. B. (C. P. Ogilvie in litt. and W. Biddell in lift.). A fine adult 

 bird killed on Breydon Sept. 24, 1865 (H. Stevenson in Z, 9808). 

 Lowestoft, common (Freeman v.v.). 



2. An immature bird captured in the marshes at Aldeburgh in Oct. 

 1862 ; a mature bird washed ashore at Thorpe in Oct. 1863, and since 

 that time two others have been found dead on the shore (Hele, Aid., 

 166 and MS.). 



3. A fine old male observed at Melton and shot lower down the river 

 about 1865 (Spalding MS.). An adult and an immature bird taken at 

 sea off Landguard Fort, in Mr. Kerry's Collection (C. B. !). 



4. One from the Ipswich River (in Mr. W. P. T. Phillips' Collection) ; 

 an adult male captured in an exhausted state in the autumn of 1875, 

 in possession of Mr. Fonnereau, Ipswich (Haward MS.). 



West Suffolk. 



5. One believed to have been shot at Redgrave some years ago 

 (Wilson MS., who has it). 



6. Nayland 1875 (L. Travis in litt.). 



7. One in the plumage of the first year shot on Icklingham Heath, 

 Nov. 1849 ; being only winged, it fiercely attacked a dog which ran up 

 to it (Bury Museum ; A. Newton in Z., 2825). 



8. One taken alive after a stout resistance, at Culford, Dec. 1844, in 



