BIRDS 



two, which were shot on the Trent at 

 Beeston Weir on 22 December 1872 ; one is 

 in the collection of Mr. S. Watson of Beeston 

 and the other is in my collection. 



233. Kittiwake. Rlssa tridactyla (Linn.) 

 This bird has been shot often, not only on 



the Trent but in various parts of the county, 

 and has been obtained at the following places : 

 Newark - on - Trent, Fiskerton, Mansfield 

 reservoir, Rain worth Waters, Thoresby, 

 Bestwood, etc. 



234. Great Skua. Megalestris catarrbactts, 



(Linn.) 



A rare wanderer. On 22 August 1898 

 my son saw one of these birds when fishing ; 

 it was flying over the water at Lamb Close 

 reservoir, chasing the green plover ; several 

 times it came close to the boat and was about 

 for some hours. 



235. Pomatorhine Skua. Stercorarlus poma- 



torhinus (Temminck) 



I have never heard of this species occurring 

 more than once, when one was shot near 

 Farnsfield in November, 1875 ; it is now in 

 my collection. 



236. Arctic or Richardson's Skua. Ster- 



corarius crepidatus (]. F. Gmelin) 

 One of this species, a bird of the year, 

 was shot between Farnsfield and Southwell 

 and was in the late Mr. Foottit's collection 

 at Newark-on-Trent. 



237. Long-tailed or Buffon's Skua. Sterco- 



rarius parasiticus (Linn.) 

 [ have notes of two specimens ; one shot 

 at Clipstone near Mansfield in 1879, now ln 

 my collection, and another killed near Tux- 

 ford in 1 88 1. 



238. Razorbill. Alca torda, Linn. 



A scarce straggler to this county. One 

 was shot on the Trent near Nottingham in 

 January 1847, and another was obtained near 

 Eastwood in 1870. 



239. Guillemot. Uria triole (Linn.) 



Mr. Sterland saw several of these birds in 

 December 1855 on the lake at Thoresby, 

 where they stayed for a week or two ; he 

 saw them several times, and watched them 

 diving for fish. 



240. Little Auk. Mergulus alle (Linn.) 

 Has been observed several times, generally 



after storms. In November 1841 one was 

 shot at Radcliffe-on-Trent, one was killed at 

 Holme Pierrepont in January 1847, and 



another was picked up at Lenton after a gale 

 m 1849. I" November 1877 one was found 

 dead under the telegraph wires near Rain- 

 worth, and in November 1878 two were shot 

 at Wollaton. Others have occurred since. 



241. Puffin. Fratcrcula arcttca (Linn.) 



Miss Webb, the daughter of the vicar of 

 Mansfield-Woodhouse, picked up one of these 

 birds on the road near the vicarage in Novem- 

 ber 1 884 ; this is the only specimen of which 

 I have heard, and is, thanks to her kindness, 

 in my collection. 



242. Great Northern Diver. Colymbus gla- 



ciatis, Linn. 



This very fine bird has, as far as I know, 

 only been obtained in this county twice ; one 

 was shot on the Trent near Newark and is 

 now in Nottingham Museum, and the other 

 was killed by Mr. Caborn near Wilford, on 

 the Trent, in the winter of 1853. 



243. Black-throated Diver. Colymbus arcticus 



T ' ' 



Linn. 



Has been shot or taken a few times within 

 our borders. One was found frozen in the 

 ice of a pond near Worksop in January 1848, 

 and three others have been obtained on the 

 Trent near Newark, two of them being taken 

 in the flesh to Mr. Foottit. 



244. Red-throated Diver. Colymbus septen- 



trionalis, Linn. 



This bird has visited Nottinghamshire more 

 often than either of the two mentioned above. 

 Mr. Felkin says he has known five to have 

 been killed in one day on the Trent in win- 

 ter ; the late Mr. Percy had one in his col- 

 lection shot at the Trent Bridge, Nottingham; 

 one was shot on Mansfield reservoir in 1876, 

 another in 1878, and I also saw one on that 

 sheet of water in 1877 and tried to get a shot 

 at it, but without success. Mr. Barber's 

 keeper killed one on the reservoir at Lamb 

 Close in 1876. 



245. Great Crested Grebe. Podicipes c ristatus 



(Linn.) 



Since the Bird Act came into force this fine 

 bird has increased very much, and now breeds 

 on many of the waters in Nottinghamshire. 

 I saw three pairs nesting at Thoresby in 1 902, 

 two pairs on Mansfield reservoir, and several 

 pairs at Newstead. It nested at Rainworth 

 in 1898, 1899 and 1900, but not since. It 

 has also been obtained at Lamb Close, Pap- 

 plewick, Ollerton, and on the Trent. Twelve 

 pairs nested on Mansfield reservoir in 1903. 



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