216 CATALOGUE OF THE BIRDS OF SUFFOLK. 



Stevenson and A. Newton in Dresser, B. of Eur. viii., 



328-9). 



Little Gull, Larus minutus, Pallas. 



East Suffolk. 



1. Yarmouth, rarely met with (Paget Y., 13); one killed there, in 

 Mr. Miller's Sale (Newcome Collection); a male bird from Yarmouth Jan. 

 18, 1850 (Creed MS. and Dennis MS. notes in Bewick); this beautifully 

 preserved bird was exhibited at the Crystal Palace, in 1851, and is now in 

 Mrs. Dennis' possession ; a large number procured in Feb. 1870 

 (H. Stevenson in Z. 2nd S, 2501); one seen there in Nov. 1872 (J. H. 

 Gurney, jun., mZ. 2nd S. 3402); a very young bird shot in the neigh- 

 bourhood Aug 25, 1873 (H. Stevenson in Z. 2nd S. 3716); three speci- 

 mens shot in Oct. 1875 {id. in Z. 2nd S. 4775); another in Oct. 1878 

 {id. in Z. 3rd S. iv., 339), and another in 1881 (G. Smith in litt). A 

 male bird, immature, shot on Breydonin Oct. 1868 (H. Stevenson in Z. 

 2nd S. 1495); another immature shot there Oct. 2, 1880; two or three 

 specimens Oct., 1881 (id. in Z. 3rd S. vi., 373, and vii., 320); another 

 immature male Oct. 26, 1881 (G Smith in Hit.; W. Lowne in litt). 

 One killed on Gunton beach Feb. 18, 1870, and others seen (H. Stevenson 

 in Z. 2nd S. 2501). One killed at Lowestoft in Feb, 1870 {id. in Z. 2nd 

 S. 2501); Mr. Everitt mentions that two were shot in Dec. 1875 (in the 

 neighbourhood of Lowestoft? Creed MS.); one shot Oct. 24, 1879, at 

 Lowestoft (J H. Gurney, jun., in Z. 3rd S. iv , 22, who had it in the 

 flesh). One killed at Beccles in Feb. 1870 (H. Stevenson in Z. 2nd S. 

 2501). 



2. One shot near Southwold in the latter part of October 1881 (H. 

 Stevenson in litt.). An adult male obtained in the first mere Aldeburgh 

 May 22, 1867; three specimens in Jan. 1869; another in Oct. 1870; 

 others Sept. 1871, Oct. 1872, Dec. 1874, all immature (Hele, Aid., 

 170 and MS., and E. C. Moor in Z. 2nd S., 822); shot there almost every 

 year (Kerry MS,). 



3. One shot on the Orwell in Dec. 1873 ; in possession of Mr. Podd 

 (Haward MS.). Walton and Felixstowe, rare (Kerry MS.). 



4. One shot at Creeting in Aug. 1881, preserved by Mr. Bilson 

 (Hawkins MS. from Bury Free Press). 



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

 October, November, December. 



Districts. — 1, 2, 3, 4. 



A rare visitant on our coast ; found more frequently at 

 Aldeburgh than elsewhere ; a considerable number were 

 seen near Yarmouth and Lowestoft in the winter of 1869-70. 



