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THE AVOCET AGAIN NESTS IN SUFFOLK
the mere fact is all sufficient in the case of a Bird that can rapidly cover the fifty-odd miles of our coast. It is attested by at least three of our Members, whose guarded letters convey the impression of three distinct situations, ranging over forty miles. Two adults were first noticed in spring, whence the presumed pair remained occasionally visible for just two months ; then a lady-Member observed four adults, along with two fairly newly-hatched chicks. Later, at a quite different place, four adults were reported to have hatched off three young, upon strictly private and protected ground. And another Member asserts that ' they have nested elsewhere in the County.'
ORTHOPTERA OF SUFFOLK REVISED. RECENT alterations of nomenclature and some additions to the List published in our Transactions (i, 92) render the present revision advisable. All the 36 British species are here presented, but only the 27 of them that have been found in Suffolk are italicised. All introduced species are square-bracketed.—Though through seventy years' publications the Norfolk Naturalists have never been moved to produce an account of their Orthoptera, the appearance of Suffolk's in 1930 inspired some of their Members to print one of 25 kinds in ' Wild Life ' on 6 January 1934. Of it Dr. Malcolm Burr obviously had no knowledge (e.g. Map, p. 59) when writing his ' British Grasshoppers ' of 1936 ; indeed, our own List and much eise are there overlooked.
FORFICULIDiE (DERMAPTERA):
EARWIGS.
Labidura riparia, Pall. 1. Lalia minor, Linn.—Bury (Trans, iii, 199); Tuddenham Fen 12 June 1900 (Elliott); Aying plentifully at Gorleston 24 May 1937 (Tr. Norf. Soc. xiv, 209). Flew to light, M o r k s Soham 25 July & Foxhall 16 Aug. 1947. 2. Forßcula auricularia, Linn.—At Monks Soham light 17 Oct. 1935, along with Apterygida, post; on sugar at Fritton in Sept. (Trans, ii, 88); Elliott found nymphs to be common on Icklingham sandhills 18 June 1915. 3. F. Lesnei, Fin.—Omitted by Burr, p. 35. 4. Apterygida albipennis, Meg.—Taken at light at Monks Soham House : $ 10.30 p.m. 9 Sept. 1934 ; a dozen, including a pair in cop., 11 p.m. 17 Oct. 1935 (Trans, iii, 92); $ 10 p.m. 19 Aug. 1938 ; nymph 12 p.m. 22 Aug. 1939. [Three introduced species : Prolabia arachidis, Yers., Aniso'abis maritima, Bon. & A. annulipes, Luc. None found in Suffolk.]