BIRDS. 89 



Totanus hypoleucus. (Temm.) The Sandpiper. 



Common on the Trent ; occasionally builds. 

 Scolopax rusticola. (Linn ) The Woodcock. 



Is not common. 

 Scolopax gallinago. (Linn.) The Full Snipe. 



Is said to breed with us, but I have no well-authenti- 

 cated instance. It is common in winter. 

 Scolopax gallinula. (Linn.) The Jack Snipe. 



Not so common as the above. 

 Tringa variabilis. (Selby.) The Dunlin. 



Sir John Crewe states not uncommon in winter. 



F AMILY— RALLID^ . 

 Crex pratensis. The Land Kail — ^local name, the Corn- 

 crake. 

 This singular ventriloquist is to be heard every 

 night in the summer. 

 Crex porzana. (Selby.) The Spotted Crake. 



One was killed some years ago near Willington, by 



flying against the telegraph wires. 

 I have had one egg of this bird given to me from the 

 Old Trent, and I have seen young ones. (W. G.) 

 Rallus aquaticus. (Linn.) The Water Eail. 



Eare. 

 Gallinula cJiloropus. (Lath.) The Moor or Water Hen. 

 Very common. 



FAMILY— LOBIPEDID^. 

 Fvlica atra. (Linn.) The Bald Coot. 



Not so common as formerly. Builds still on Kepton 

 Park Pool, where two broods have been hatched this 

 year (1865). Hartshorne Pool was formerly a 

 favourite "habitat." 



