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in the Dove valley till about October iith-i2th, although 

 previous to that date large passages of migrants from further 

 north had taken place. 



Two correspondents from the Bakewell district (Messrs. W. 

 Storrs Fox and W. Boulsover) remark on the unusually large 

 number of Yellow Wagtails, Motacilla flava rail, seen during the 

 past season. The Tufted Duck appears to be well established as 

 a breeding species in the Bakewell district. 



On October 12th a dead Redwing was picked up at Bakewell 

 (W. Boulsover), and on the 29th a flock of about fifty or sixty 

 Fieldfares passed over Clifton, flying westward. 



On the afternoon of November 5th, Mr. Alfred G. Tomlinson 

 found a Little Owl, Athene noctua (Scop.), sitting in a privet 

 bush in the wood close to Mr. H. G. TomHnson's house at 

 Burton-on-Trent. It allowed both gentlemen to approach within 

 four yards and to watch it for ten minutes before taking wing. 

 Only one definite occurrence of this bird in the county is on 

 record : one having been caught in or near Derby in 1843. The 

 late Lord Lilford turned many of these birds down in the 

 neighbourhood of Lilford Hall, near Oundle, and they have now 

 become well established and breed commonly in Northampton- 

 shire, while of late years numerous occurrences have been 

 reported from the adjoining counties, so that its appearance in 

 the south of the county is not altogether unexpected 



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