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West Suffolk. 



5. Oakley, occasionally (Clarke MS.). 



6. A young bird shot at Thorpe Morieux in Dec. 1874 (given to me 

 by Mrs. Baldwin ; C. B.). Two killed at one shot at Melford in 1851 ; 

 in Capt. Bence's Collection (Capt. Bence v.v.; C. B. !). Not unfrequently 

 seen in low meadows near Sudbury in rough winter weather (King, List, 

 128). 



7. Mildenhall, in Jan. 1870 (Tearle MS. from Howlett). 



Months. — January, February, October, November, 

 December. 



Districts.— 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7. 



Found on the coast in rough winter weather sometimes 

 in large flocks ; it occurs also occasionally inland, mostly 

 in small numbers. 



Glaucous Gull, Larus glaucus, Gmelin. 

 Spald., List, xxxix. Eare. 



East Suffolk. 



1. A fine specimen killed at Yarmouth not later than 1829 (Hunt in 

 Stacey's Hist, of Norf. p. lxv.); an immature bird obtained there 

 in 1848, in the Dennis Collection (Bury Museum ; C. B. !); a fine adult 

 male killed there in Nov. 1851 (J. 0. Harper in Nat. for 1852, 132); an 

 immature bird shot in Dec. 1852 was in Mr. Creed's possession (Creed 

 MS.); another immature obtained there about Dec. 1 6, 1873 (H. Stevenson 

 in Z. 2nd S. 3864); two others in Nov. and Dec, 1875 (H. Stevenson in 

 Z. 2nd S. 4777); an adult male shot a few miles off Yarmouth Jan. 16, 

 1881 (preserved by Lowne, in my Collection, C. B.); twenty-seven were 

 brought in by gunners and fishermen to Mr. G. Smith Jan. 26, 1881; 

 Mr. Gurney, jun., found that seven were mature, nineteen immature, 

 and one in change (Mason's Hist, of Norf. pt. iv), and another 

 immature near Yarmouth in Oct. 1881, 26 inches long, wings not 

 extending beyond the tail (G. Smith in litt.). An immature bird shot 

 on Brevdon, Dec. 20, 1880 (H. Stevenson in Z. 3rd S. vi., 375). An 

 immature bird obtained at Lowestoft, Dec. 1873 (H. Stevenson in Z. 

 2nd S., 3864); one shot there by Mr. Corbyn in Jan. 1876 (Thirtle in 

 litt.), and one obtained there about 1877 (Freeman v.v.). 



2. An immature bird shot at South wold in Dec. 1872, now in possession 

 of Mr. Durnford of Liverpool (H. Durnford in Z. 2nd S. 3413). One 

 obtained at Thorpe in the winter of 1860, another in Jan. 1871, others 

 in Nov. 1872, and Dec. 1874; a few have been observed most winters 

 for some years (Hele, Aid., 173 and MS.), and a fine specimen shot at the 

 Mere in Jan. 1879 (F. M. Ogilvie in Z. 3rd S. hi., 135). 



