1858 The Zoologist — October, 1809. 



will care/tiUy note those species which pass southward in the aulnmn, 

 and especially those which reappear in the spring: I allude here, of 

 course, only to those species which are known to breed far north, 

 although the raigration of species will be found one of the most in- 

 teresting studies iu the economy of animal life. 



Henry Reeks. 



Thruxton, .^ndover. 



Ornithological Notes from Suffolk. By Alexander Clark-Kennedy. 



January, 1869. 



Green Sandpiper. — During the last two months half a dozen green 

 sandpipers frequented some low meadows at Wickham Market, which 

 are intersected by numerous small ditches ; 1 often disturbed them 

 near a certain old post and rails which cross one of the streams, and 

 noticed that they usually ftid in company, but when flushed flew off 

 in diflerent directions, ascending to a great height, and returning 

 again one by one to their old feeding ground : I could have shot them 

 all many a time, but I hoped to see them breeding in this neighbour- 

 hood during the summer, and a friend had already procured a pair for 

 me flora this same locality. 



Herring Gulls. — Were extremely numerous during the past winter, 

 flying long distances from the sea; and many of the common, and a 

 few brown-headed, gulls paid visits to the lakes and ponds in the 

 interior of the county. 



IVild Fowl. — Owing to the extraordinary mildness of the weather, 

 few fowl of any kind put in an appearance on the rivers; but, a few 

 days after Christmas, there was a short and sharp frost, which drove 

 mallard, wigeon and teal, with a few immature, and fewer adult, 

 goldeneyes, into the Woodbridge river ; where, however, they were 

 very wary, and the punl-guuners were not successful in obtaining 

 many birds. 



House Sparrow. — A black variety of this common species was 

 killed near Mellon, towards the end of the month, and several pied 

 examples have also been met with. 



February. 



Wild Fowl. — On the 2oth January we experienced a sharp frost, 

 and several rare ducks were observed among the commoner kinds on 



