TRANSACTIONS 



OF 



THE LINNEAN SOCIETY. 



I. A Catalogue of the l^orfolk and Suffolk Birds ; with Remarks. 

 Bjj the Rev. Revett Sheppard, A.M. F.L S. and the Rev. Wil- 

 liam Whitear, A.M. F.L.S. 



Read April 20, 1824, and May 3, 1825. 



1 HE proximity of the counties of Norfolk and Sutfolk to the 

 northern part of the Continent, atî'ords an opportunity to many 

 migi'ative species of birds to visit these parts of the kingdom, in 

 their passage to and from their breeding haunts. The abundance 

 of food which the sea-coasts, rivers, and marshes supply to the 

 waders and web-footed birds forms an attraction to these tribes. 

 Hence this district is particularly favourable to the pursuits of 

 ornithologists. The following paper has been drawn up with a 

 view to facilitate such pursuits, and to illustrate the history of 

 several species of birds. Its object will be sufficiently answered 

 if this end shall be in any degree accomplished ; and, at the 

 same time, some light thrown upon the wisdom and goodness of 

 the Author of Nature in the works of his creation. 



The classification and names adopted are those of the second 

 edition of Temminck's Manuel d'Ornithologie, a work which 



VOL. XV. B evinces 



