252 CATALOGUE OF THE BIRDS OF SUFFOLK, 



Cross Bill. — 7. A pair seen to go into a nest on the top of a tall 

 Scotch fir'near Downham on March 13, 1885 ; on the 23rd Mr. Norgate 

 picked up the nest; a boy had taken the young ones out of it, one of 

 which he saw (F. Norgate in litt). The nest has been given by Mr. 

 Norgate to the Cambridge Museum. 



Rose-coloured Pastor. — *7. One shot at Thetford in Sept., 1843, 

 perched on a tree in a churchyard (F. Clifford in Z., 452); this is 

 probably the churchyard on the Suffolk side of the river, about which 

 there are, many trees. 



Starling. — A cream-coloured variety shot at Brandon (Newby v.v' 

 C. B. !) ; white examples seen occasionally on Bawdsey Common (G. P- 

 Hope MS.). 



Raven. — 3. Nested near Stutton Rectory up to 1869; the birds had 

 disappeared in 1874 (E. Bidwell in litt, who saw the nest in 1869). 



*4. One shot at Needham Market in Nov. 1884, preserved by Bilson 

 {Suffolk Standard^ ov. 11, 1884). A finemale shot atCrowfield in 1855 

 (H. Lingwood MS., who has it). 



Hooded Crow.— 7. A variety with pale grey wings and tail, belly 

 reddish-brown, no part perfectly black, taken on Newmarket Heath Nov. 

 22, 1884 (Howlett v.v. C._B. !). 



Rook —6. Several young birds with breast and wings in part pale 

 brown; tips of wings, throat and forehead nearly black; taken May 1883 

 at Bru'nton Hall near Sudbury (Walford v.v. who has them. C. B. !). 



Roller.— *7. One shot in June 1883 at Exning and found dead at 

 Burwell the next day (Howlett in litt). 



Ring Dove.— 7. A splendid white variety seen at Moulton Jan. 1886 

 (Howlett in Bury Free Press, Jan. 23, 1886). 



Rock Dove. *1. In Jan. and Feb. 1883 one or two at a time were 



brought into Yarmouth market from the neighbourhood, along with 

 Stock Doves Mr. Stevenson inclines to think that they may have been 

 wild (Z 3rd S. ix. (1885) 323). Mr. J. H. Gurney, jun. (in litt) thinks 

 that they were not true Rock Doves. Mr. Kerry believes that the bird 

 mentioned above was the true species ; and tells me that he has received 

 more than one from Walton-on-the-Naze, in Essex. 



Pheasant.— A hybrid between this and the Gold Pheasant and 

 another between this and Reeves' Pheasant shot at Elveden, are 

 preserved at the Hall. Various other cross-bred birds have been shot 

 there and are preserved; several are still abroad in the coverts (Prince 

 Victor Duleep Singh in litt., 1885, C. B. !). [A Reeves' Pheasant from 

 Suffolk is in the British Museum, but the bird is not yet any where 

 naturalized.] Hybrids between the Common Pheasant and the Gold 



