Birds. 



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Arrivals of Migratory Birds at Elveden, Suffolk, in 1849. 



Ringed plover about February 13 



Peewit 



Wheatear 



Great plover 



Blackcap 



Willow warbler 



Dotterel 



Wryneck 



Whinchat 



Redstart 



Cuckoo 



„ 15 

 March 20 

 „ 30 

 April 6 

 „ 6 

 n 10 

 n 12 

 „ 21 

 n 23 

 „ 23 



Swallow about April 25 



Martin „ „ 26 



Nightingale „ „ 28 



Common whitethroat ... „ „ 30 



Tree pipit „ May 3 



Chiff-chaff* „ „ 4 



Nightjar „ „ 7 



Spotted flycatcher „ „ 8 



Turtledove „ „ 11 



Common swift 14 



—Alfred Newton; Elveden, Thetford, July 2, 1849. 



Nidiflcation of Birds near Elveden, in 1849. 



Wheatear | about 



Thrush about March 8 



Raven 



Missel thrush 



Blackbird 



Peewit 



Rook 



Stock dovef 



Robin redbreast 



Hedge sparrow 



Long-tailed tit 



Wild duck 



Common snipe 



Ringed plover 



Skylark 



Common pheasant 



Moorhen 



Red-legged partridge ... 



Magpie 



Stonechat 



Golden-crested Regulus 



Meadow pipit 



Wren 



Starling 



Great plover 



„ 10 Willow warbler .... 



„ 23 Common partridge. 



„ 23 Pied wagtail 



„ 26 Blue tit 



„ 27 Nuthatch 



„ 27 Common linnet .... 



„ 31 Lesser redpole .... 



April 3 House sparrow .... 



„ 4 Greenfinch 



„ 5 Common creeper . 



„ 8 Chaffinch 



„ 10 Bullfinch 



„ 13 Lesser whitethroat . 



„ 13 Blackcap 



„ 14 Common bunting . 



„ 15 Garden warbler .... 



„ 17 Yellow hammer ..... 



„ 19 Red-backed shrike . 



„ 25 Nightingale , 



„ 26 Common quail 



„ 26 Sand martin 



„ 29 Little grebe 



„ 30 Sedge warbler 



May 1 



n 1 



* 1 



„ 2 



„ 2 



„ 2 



» 3 



» 3 



» 5 



» 5 



n 6 



„ 7 



» 8 



„ 9 



„ 11 



„ 13 



„ 14 



„ 16 



„ 19 



„ 19 



„ 20 



„ 21 



„ 23 



„ 26 



* I cannot offer any reason for this bird appearing so late ; but I can state confi- 

 dently that it did not arrive here or in the neighbourhood before the above date. 



f It is perhaps worthy of remark that I found a pair of the eggs of this bird in a 

 very different situation to that which is usually chosen by it, being laid on a very thick 

 bushy bough of a Scotch fir tree, about twelve feet from the ground, without any nest. 



\ I this year obtained some eggs of this bird minutely spotted with light red at 

 the larger end. 



vii 2c 



