A HISTORY OF SUFFOLK 



than the storm-petrel. Most of the speci- 

 mens recorded have been obtained in autumn, 

 and one in the Tostock rectory collection 

 was picked up alive but quite exhausted on 

 the ground near Lowestoft pier early in 

 October, 1897. 



279. Wilson's Petrel. Oceanites oceanicus 



(Kuhl) 



Mr. Hele has recorded in both editions of 

 his book a specimen of this very rare wanderer 

 obtained in the Aldeburgh neighbourhood 

 many years ago, which belonged to the late 

 Colonel Thellusson. 



280. Great Shearwater. Puffinus gravis 



(O'Reilly) 



Only one specimen of this casual visitant 

 has been obtained in SufFolk, which was 

 brought into Lowestoft by a fishing-boat in 

 November, 1898 {Zoologist, 1899, p. 31), and 

 this bird may have been procured some dis- 

 tance out at sea. Mr. Hele mentions having 

 seen one passing alongshore in December, 

 1869 {Notes about Aldeburgh, ed. 1870, 

 P- 175)- 



281. Manx Shearwater. Puffinis dnglorum 



(Temminck) 

 A rare autumn visitant which has occurred 

 a few times in September. It is sometimes 

 found inland, and Dr. Babington possessed a 

 specimen which was taken alive at Fornham 

 in a harvest field i September, 1882 {Cata- 

 logue, p. 225). In September, 1891, a shear- 

 water was shot by a visitor to Aldeburgh, 

 which was either an unusually small example 

 of this species or some very rare stranger. 

 Several new species of petrel have been added 

 to the British list within the last twenty years, 

 which are figured in Saunders' Manual, and 

 in two instances a small bird picked up dead 

 on the beach has proved to be a very valuable 

 prize ; the moral of which is that any petrel 

 of which there is the slightest doubt as to 

 the species should be carefully preserved, and 

 either submitted to an expert or compared 

 with the series in the national collection. 



282. Fulmar. Fulmarus glacialis (Linn.) 



A rare autumn and winter visitant, usually 

 keeping well out at sea. One caught alive 

 at Sizewell in September, 1862 (Hele) is in 

 the Ipswich Museum. 



ADDENDA 



137. Common Heron. In May, 1908 the 

 Orwell Park and Blackheath heronries were 

 reported as entirely deserted {fide head-keeper 

 on both estates). About two pairs breed at 

 Euston (Rev. R. B. Caton). The colony at 

 Broke Hall is still in existence, and seventeen 

 nests were counted at Flixton Hall in 1908. 



159. Gadwall. This species bred at 

 Euston in 1903, and Rev. R. B. Caton re- 

 ports several pairs breeding there in 1908. 



165. Red-crested Pochard. A pair were 

 shot in Thorpe Mere 16 January, 1904 

 {Zool. 1905, p. 90). A flock of thirteen 

 visited Breydon 4 September, 1906, of which 

 nine were shot {Zool. 1906, p. 394). 



167. Ferruginous Duck. Two were shot 

 on Culford Lake by the Hon. Lewin Cado- 

 gan in January, 1 906 {Field,!, February, 1 906). 



191. Moor-Hen. A specimen of the rare 

 and curious variety, ' hairy ' in plumage and 

 sandy in colour, was caught by a dog near 

 Bury in January, 1905 and preserved by the 

 late Mr. Travis. 



206. Avocet. Nine visited Breydon 14-17 

 June, 1905 {Zool. 1906, pp. 129-30). 



242. Sandwich Tern. A nest with one 

 egg was photographed near Orford Haven in 



214 



1 906, the bird flying about near the operator. 



An adult bird was killed about the same time 

 by striking the telephone wire (G. P. 

 Hope). 



244. Common Tern. The protection 

 order has unfortunately been rescinded after 

 being in force five }ears. In 1907 almost 

 every egg was taken as soon as laid. The 

 terns all came back, but in reduced numbers, 

 this year (1908), and it will not be long before 

 they all leave off breeding on the north weir 

 (G. P. Hope). 



2^ba. Sooty Tern. Sterna /i/liginosa, J. F. 

 Gmelin. In the spring of 1 900 one was picked 

 up dead at Santon Downham, which was not 

 identified till more than three years later. 

 Through the good offices of Messrs. W. A. 

 Dutt and W. G. Clarke, by whom it was 

 recognized, the bird was taken to Norwich 

 for inspection, and its identity confirmed by 

 the naturalists there. This is the fourth 

 British specimen (Saunders' Manual, ed. 2, 

 p. 655). 



249. Black-headed Gull, During the 

 hard weather early in 1907 these gulls were 

 flying about near the houses in Fonnereau 

 Road, Ipswich. 



