214 CATALOGUE OF THE BIRDS OF SUFFOLK. 



1881 (H. Stevenson in Z. 3rd S. vii., 325); a pair shot there Sept. 6» 

 1881 (W. Lowne in lift.). A male from Lowestoft(Newcome Collection). 



2. Bred on Sonthwold beach thirty-five years ago (H. Stevenson in 

 litt.). Frequently alighted in the mud flats up the Aide, near Southwold, 

 in Aug. 1873 (H. Durnford in Z. 2nd S., 3798). Westleton (Spalding 

 MS.). One from Sizewell (in Mr. J. H. Gurney's Collection, C. B. !); 

 another taken June 1861 (in my Collection, C. B.; from J. H. Gurney 

 jun.) ; a large flock seen there in Aug. 1878 (J. G. Tuck in Z. 3rd S. ii., 

 434). Aldeburgh, abundant (Hele, Aid., 169); seen between that place 

 and Orford in May, 1869 (J. Clark-Kennedy in Z. 2ndS., 1862); five 

 seen on the Aide, April 15, 1873 (Hele MS.); a great number seen round 

 the meres at Aldeburgh in July, 1872 (J. G. Tuck in Z. 2nd S., 3306); 

 many seen again in May, 1879 {id. in Z. 3rd S. ill., 302); a good many 

 seen about its breeding place, on the shingle, at Aldeburgh, in Aug., 

 1881 {id. in Z. 3rd S. v., 468). Found in considerable numbers on the 

 beach at Orford (Rope MS.). 



3. Eendlesham Estate, in Lord Rendlesham's Collection (C. B. !). 

 Taken at the mouth of the Woodbridge River (in Mr. W. P. T. Phillip's 

 Collection). One seen by me on the Deben above Bawdsey in May 1882; 

 it followed our little boat, playing about near the sail, so close to us that 

 the tail feathers might almost have been counted (C. B.). Common at 

 Felixstowe; breeds at the Landguard Fort, and on the Walton beach 

 (Kerry MS.). 



West Suffolk. 

 6. Taken near Cornard, Oct. 1881 (Simmons v.v.). 

 Breeds. 



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

 October. 



Districts. — 1, 2, 3, 6. 



A summer migrant, not uncommon on the coast. 



Black Tern, Sterna fissipes, L. 



S. and W. Cat. 51. Catalogued only. — Spald., List,xxxix.. 

 Catalogued only. 



East Suffolk. 

 1. Yarmouth, sometimes plentiful (Paget F., 13); one from that 

 place in May 1850, in the Dennis Collection (Bury Museum) ; and 

 another shot in June 1850 (Dennis MS. note in Bury Museum); an egg 

 found in a marsh near this place April 20, 1869 (T. E. Gunn in Z. 

 2nd S., 1868); a specimen shot at that place in May 1869 (H. Steven- 

 son in Z. 2nd S., 1911); and an adult female just assuming its winter 

 plumage, with forehead and throat white, killed there in Aug. 1879 (T. 

 E. Gunn in Z. 3rd S. iv., 53). Several occurred on Breydon in May, 



