ORNITHOLOGICAL NOTES FROM DERBYSHIRE. 149 



hawking about among a crowd of Martins and Swallows between 

 Ashbourne and Parwich on September 3rd. The House Martins 

 had young in the nests up to the beginning of October, and on 

 the 2ist of that month a good many were flying about the Dove 

 valley near Mayfield. A single Swallow was noted at Darley 

 on November 6th (G. Pullen), and six were seen at Repton 

 about the same time (J. E. C. Godber). But even more 

 remarkable is the fact that on November 25th, while an old 

 House Martin's nest on a cottage at Burton-on-Trent was being 

 knocked down, a single Martin flew out (H. G. Tomlinson). 



On September 30th, Mr. Herbert Tomlinson, while shooting 

 on the Burton sewage farm, near Egginton, killed a fine 

 Curlew Sandpiper, Tringa subarqiiata (Giild.). It was accom- 

 panied by another bird of the same species. When revising 

 the list of Derbyshire birds for the Victoria Hisiory of the 

 County of Derby, I was unable to include this species in the 

 county list, as, though specimens are to be found in at least 

 one local collection, no information can be obtained respecting 

 them. By the addition of this bird the number of species 

 definitely recorded from the county is raised to 235, exclusive 

 of those which are supposed to have escaped from confinement. 

 It is interesting to note that, like so many of our rarer waders, 

 this bird was obtained on the sewage farm, which has proved 

 extraordinarily attractive to birds of this family. It is in 

 Mr. Toralinson's possession, and has the feathers of the mantle 

 edged with buff, as is usual in birds of the year. On the same 

 day that this bird M-as shot, another of our rarer winter migrants 

 was also killed at the same place, viz., a Little Stint, Tringa 

 minuta (Leisl). 



Another remarkable visitor which has occurred for the first 

 time in Derbyshire during the past year is the Ccmmon or 

 Roseate Pelican, Felecanus onocrotalus (L.). On November 4th, one 

 of these fine birds was flying over the Denvent valley, and, 

 attracted by the water, settled in a field near the river. Its 

 appearance caused great consternation among the cattle and 

 sheep grazing close at hand, which is not unnatural when the 



