78 BIRDS 0*" LEICES'lKKSHlRfi. 



i58. -The Wliimbrel iNiaiieiiiiis plucopiu). Occasioually met with. 

 I have uot seeu it myself, but Rev. A. Matthews tells me that 

 he has done so. 



:>',). — The Black-tailed Godwit {Liinusa (djoccphaht). "The Leicester 

 Museum possesses one in summer plumage, marked ' Leices- 

 tershire, ls(5'.).' "— (M. Browne.) 



1(1. — The Redshank d'otaiiun call dr is./ I am indebted to Rev. A. 

 Matthews for being able to say of this bird, "occasionally 

 found." 



11. — The Spotted Redshank ( Totainis fiiscus). I am not going to 

 claim for this bird an absolute place in the list of Leicester- 

 shire visitors, because I have grave doubts of the correctness 

 of the observation. I give it, tlierefore, cum unnio, and for 

 what it is worth. I am informed by Dr. Wright, of Marktield, 

 that a specimen was killed at Groby Pool in 187'.'. 



1'2. — The Green Sandpiper cl''of(/H»s ocJirojjits). Not verj' rare. Has 

 been occasioually seen by myself and other observers. 



-k'6. — Temmiuck's Stint (Triiuja 'Temininckii ). A specimen of this 



bird was shot at Saddington Reservoir in 1860, by Rev. H. 



Marriott. The bird was seen and identified by Rev. A. 



Matthews. 

 44. — The Dunlin iTrln(ja rariahilU). Occasioually seen on our 



Reservoir in small parties. I noticed a flock of foui-teen there 



during the past winter, 1881. 



4o. — The Spotted Gv&ke ( Cvex i]or.:ana). This lovely bird has been 

 shot five or six times in this neighbourhood during the last 

 twenty years. I have killed three. One was obtained at 

 " Melton Mowbray, October, 1881, and is now in the Leicester 

 Museum." — (M. Browne.) They lie very close, and ai'e difficult 

 to flush. 



46. — The Coot i Fulica atra). A visitor only as far as Leicestershire, 

 is concerned. They come to Saddington Reservoir every spring 

 to breed, and depart as soon as the young are able to travel. 

 Very rarely met with in winter, though I killed one during last 

 month, on January 13th, which is now in the Leicester 

 Museum. 



47. — The Hooper ( Cijpiiua feruH.) Potter mentions that several have 

 been killed on Charnwood Forest, presumably on some of the 

 large pools of water which exist about Bradgate Park. I have 

 heard of the occasioual passage of a flock of wild swans in 

 very severe winters, but have no information as to any being 

 obtained. 



4s. — The Egyptian Goose (Aiixer Kiinptiacm i. Mr. M. Browne informs 

 me that " there are two specimens in the Leicester Museum — 

 one marked in the old MS. catalogue as " shot on the River 

 Soar, 1843," and the other marked " Withcote Hall, 1858." 

 He adds his opinion that they were probably escapes. 



49. — The Canadian Goose (Anser Canad-ensis). There are two in the 

 Leicester Museum, marked in the old MS. catalogue as " shot 

 on Groby Pool, April, 1844. Part of a flock of twenty." — 

 (M. Browne.) 



50. — The Sheldrake (Tadorna rulpanser). Three were shot at Barkby 

 in 1880, and I saw one of them, a male, in the possession of a 

 bird-stuffer, named Duunell. 



