DISTRIBUTION OP THE BIRDS OF SUFFOLK. 271 



throated Warbler, Marsh Warbler, Serin Finch, Pine Gros- 

 beak, Parrot Crossbill, White-winged Crossbill, Nutcracker, 

 Alpine Swift, Collared Pratincole, Black-winged Stilt, Black 

 Stork, Great White Heron, Little Egret, Squacco Heron, 

 Polish Swan, Ruddy Sheldrake, Eed-crested Duck, Harle- 

 quin Duck, King Duck, Briinnich's Guillemot, Caspian 

 Tern, White-winged Black Tern, and Gull-billed Tern, 

 Some of these birds however are by no means confined to 

 Europe, but are found in other parts of the world quite as 

 commonly or more so. 



The following mentioned in the notes are certainly escaped 

 birds, and are not included in British lists, nor in the above 

 53, viz., the Black Swan, a native of Australia, and the Whidah 

 bird, a native of Africa. Several included in the 5o may 

 have escaped from confinement, such as the American 

 Meadow Starling and more especially the Summer Duck. 



All the above are, of course, very rare in Suffolk ; about a 

 third have occurred in only one district, and some of these only 

 once in that district. Breydon Water has supplied a greater 

 number of Accidental Visitors than any other place ; several, 

 viz., the Bed-footed Falcon, the Pectoral Sandpiper, the 

 Broad-billed Sandpiper, the Buffel-headed Duck, and Eed- 

 crested I Hick were observed there in Great Britain for 

 the first time. The Trumpeter Swan has been obtained 

 at Aldeburgh, and nowhere else, so far as is at present 

 known, in Europe. Besides the American Meadow Starling 

 killed at Thrandeston, only two others have been met with 

 in Great Britain. Of the four Esquimaux Curlews which 

 have been killed in Great Britain, two have occurred in 

 Suffolk. It is, perhaps, needless to enter into any further 

 details.* 



The whole number of birds seen in Suffolk, counting the 

 Accidental Visitors and subtracting the doubtful ones, is 

 247 plus 45, amounting to 292. It is impossible to decide, 

 with absolute certainty, what is the true number, but the 

 above estimate can hardly be far wrong. If Pallas' Grey 



* Harting, in his SandbooJc, mentions many examples have been seen or obtained 

 under each Accidental Visitant, how in Britain. 



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