BIRDS IN SUFFOLK. 169 



Black-cap (Sylvia atricapilla) . April 10 



Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) . .11 



Sand-martin (Hirundo riparia) . 12 



White-throat (Sylvia cinerea) . . 12 



Nightingale (Sylvia luscinia) . 13 



Reed Warbler (Sylvia salicaria) . 16 

 Whinchat (Sylvia rubetra) partial migration 16 



Land- Rail (Gallinula crex) . . 16 



Swift* (Hirundo apus) . . 1 18 



Willow Wren (Sylvia arundinacea) 23 



Norfolk Plover (Charadrius oedicnemus) 23 



Fly-catcher (Muscicapa griseola) . May 2 



Red-backed Shrike (Lanius collurio) . 5 



* Just after the first appearance of Swifts this year, there was 

 a remarkably cold day, preceded by two as particularly warm. 

 This cold day completely torpified the swifts, and they clustered 

 together in lumps or masses, something like a swarm of bees. A 

 large cluster of these birds were seen hanging to the water-spout 

 of Harwich church. Some boys were able, with poles, to knock 

 them down, and many were caught. A few only were able to fly 

 away, so benumbed and torpid had the greater part of them become. 



