270 DISTRIBUTION OP THE BIRDS OP SUFFOLK. 



Eye, also the irregular visitants, the Waxwing, Hoopoe, 

 Crossbill, Hawfinch, as well as the following marine species, 

 Little Auk, Gannet, Black Tern, Storm Petrel. 



It is unnecessary, however, to enter into details on this 

 subject, as the distribution of each bird is mentioned in 

 its place in the Catalogue, including of course the Addenda. 



A few words must be added on the Accidental Visitors. 

 Of such birds which have occurred in Britain, Harting 

 reckons 135 species ; of these 48 are European, 14 Asiatic, 

 11 African, and 42 American. He has added five others 

 since the publication of his Handbook in 1872, thus bringing 

 the total number of British birds up to 400. The B. 0. U. 

 List has on the one hand made the number greater by 

 adding several other Accidental Visitors, and so enumerating 

 452 British birds in all. Of these 76 are deducted as being 

 more or less doubtful, and are included in square brackets, 

 thus leaving 376 as the ascertained number of British birds. 

 The number of Accidental Visitors recorded above from 

 Suffolk is 53, seven of which are in a greater or less degree 

 doubtful, viz., the Mottled Owl, Eagle Owl, Pine Grosbeak, 

 Great White Heron, Ruddy Sheldrake, Harlequin Duck, 

 King Duck, and Briinnich's Guillemot, and two are certainly 

 introduced, the Barbary Partridge and the Virginian Colin. 



Of these 53, White's Thrush and Pallas's Sand Grouse, 

 are natives of Asia; the Cream-coloured Courser is a native 

 of Africa; the Mottled Owl, American Meadow Starling, 

 Red-winged Starling, Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Spotted 

 Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper, Broad-billed Sandpiper, 

 Red-breasted Snipe, Esquimaux Curlew, Trumpeter Swan, 

 Buffel Headed Duck, Summer Duck, the Hooded Mer- 

 ganser, White-billed Diver, Sabine's Gull, and Wilson's 

 Petrel are natives of America. The Barbary Partridge 

 and Virginian Colin are introduced birds, but included 

 (after Hatting) in the 53 Accidental Visitors; they 

 are respectively natives of Africa and of America. The 

 remainder are European, viz., Greenland Falcon, Gyr- 

 Falcon, Red-footed Falcon, Snowy Owl, Little Owl, Scops 

 Owl, Eagle Owl, Tengmalm's Owl, Alpine Accentor, Blue- 



