226 CATALOGUE OF THE BIRDS OF SUFFOLK. 



Earlham (Hunt in Stacey's Birds of Nor/, lxiv.) ; two taken twenty 

 miles out at sea off Yarmouth, Dec. 1843 (W. R. Fisher in Z. 456); a 

 male bird shot at Yarmouth in May 1850, in the Dennis Collection 

 (Bury Museum). One obtained at Lowestoft in 1880 (Freeman v. v.). 

 2. One caught alive at Sizewell in Sept. 1862 (Hele, Aid., 176). 



West Suffolk. 



8. One caught at Brockley, and kept alive at Chadacre Hall ; it ate 

 birds, swallowing them feathers and all, and was very voracious; I saw 

 it alive in 1878 (Miss Hallifax v. v.; C. B.!). 



Months. — May, September, December. 



Districts. — 1, 2, 8. 



A bird of the sea, only known as a very rare straggler in 

 Suffolk. 



Storm Petrel, Procellaria pelagica (L.). 



S. and W. Cat. 54. Sometimes makes its appearance on 

 the coast. — Spald., List, xxxix. Catalogued only. 



East Suffolk. 



1. A few generally shot every winter at Yarmouth; in Nov. 1824, 

 between two and three hundred shot after severe gales (Paget Y., 13); 

 a white variety believed to have been shot at Yarmouth, bought at Mr. 

 S. Miller's Sale by Mr. J. H. Gurney (J. H. Gurney, jun., in litt); 

 numerous in the winters of 1827 and of 1828 off the Yarmouth coast 

 (Hunt in Stacey's Hist, of Norf. lxiv. ) ; six killed by flying against the 

 floating light off Yarmouth in Dec. 1849, in the Dennis Collection 

 (Bury Museum ; C. B. !) ; one shot on the coast near Yarmouth early in 

 Jan. 1881 (H. Stevenson in Z. 3rd S. vii., 313). One shot at Gorleston 

 Oct. 17, 1881 (id, in Z. 3rd S. vii. 320). Many have been seen or taken 

 in different years in Lowestoft harbour (Freeman v.v. ; Thirtle v.v. ) ; 

 many seen in the outer harbour in Oct. 1869 (H. Stevenson in Z. 2nd S. 

 2056). 



2. One shot at the mouth of the Blyth in Dec. 1882; in Mr. Millais' 

 Collection (H. V. Remnant in lift). One found dead on the beach at 

 Leiston Nov. 28, 1871, and another shot Dec. 4, by Mr. Rope, as it was 

 flying along the shore ; both in Mr. Rope's Collection (Rope MS.). 

 Almost unknown about Aldeburgh before 1867, but several killed or 

 found dead subsequently (Hele, Aid., 176). Six seen flying near the 

 Orford Lighthouse, three were shot Oct. 1867 (E. C. Moor in Z. 2nd 

 S. 992). 



3. One shot in the river at Woodbridge by Mr. Mark Taylor in autumn; 

 another killed some years ago in Mrs. Carthew's garden at "Woodbridge 

 in the winter, now in possession of Mr. T. Carthew (Carthew MS.). 



