A HISTORY OF NOTTINGHAMSHIRE 



246. Red-necked Grebe. Podicipes griseigena 



(Boddzrt) 



There are notes of this bird's occurence on 

 several occasions. One was shot near the 

 Trent Bridge in December 1843, another, a 

 male in full summer plumage, was killed at 

 Clifton in June 1850, two or three have been 

 obtained near Newark-on-Trent, and I have 

 one shot on the Trent near Nottingham in 

 1876. 



247. Sclavonian Grebe. Podicipes auritus 



(Linn.) 



Occurs now and again in the county. 

 Several have been seen and shot on the Trent ; 

 one was killed near Nottingham in 1 838, one 

 at Barton in January 1848 ; Mr. Felkin states 

 that one was killed on the Trent in the sum- 

 mer. I have one shot at Fountain Dale in 

 November 1882 ; also one obtained on the 

 Trent in 1881. 



248. Eared Grebe. Podicipes nigricollis 



(Brehm) 



I have notes of this grebe being obtained 

 twice in Nottinghamshire. Schumach, the 

 taxidermist of Southwell, preserved one which 

 was shot on the Trent near Fiskerton in the 

 winter of 1864, and Mr. Barber's keeper 

 killed one, an immature bird, on Lamb Close 

 reservoir on 4 August 1876. 



249. Little Grebe or Dabchick. Podicipes 



JiuviatiUs (Tunstall) 



This shy little bird frequents the ponds and 

 streams in Nottinghamshire in fair numbers, 

 and nests more frequently than is supposed. 

 There are always a few pairs at Rainworth, 



and their tittering call is heard oftener than 

 the bird is seen. I once saw the bird diving 

 in clear water and it did not use its wings, 

 and I have also seen a small party of seven 

 together in the winter on Mansfield reser- 

 voir. 



250. Storm Petrel. Procellaria pelagica, Linn. 

 There are many notes of this bird having 



been driven by storms from its usual haunts 

 into Notts. One was shot in May 1 843 at 

 the Trent Bridge, Nottingham ; during east- 

 erly gales in the winter of 1845 a pair, male 

 and female, were seen on Thoresby Lake and 

 were both killed by a keeper ; in 1861 two 

 more were obtained at the Trent Bridge, 

 Nottingham ; one at Papplewick ; and on 1 7 

 November 1872 one was picked up near Bui- 

 well. I have in my collection one shot on 

 Mansfield reservoir in 1870. 



251. Leach's Fork-tailed Petrel. Oceano drama 



leucorrhoa (Vieillot) 



This rare straggler has now and again been 

 observed in the county. One noted by Mr. 

 R. Enfield was shot at Burton Joyce in the 

 winter of 1840 ; another, now in my col- 

 lection, was killed near Lenton by Mr. Moult 

 of Old Radford in November 1878, and Mr. 

 R. Evans of Nottingham shot one at Bunny 

 Park in September 1900. 



252. Manx Shearwater. Puffinus anglorum 



(Temminck) 



This is another rare Notts bird. One was 

 picked up dead on I September 1888 at Sutton- 

 in-Ashfield and is in my collection ; a second 

 was found near Retford in September 1891. 



ADDENDA 



2(7. Dusky Thrush. Turdus dubius (Bechst.). 



One shot at Gunthorpe by Mr. Mills, 

 13 October, 1905, was by itself, and is the 

 first British specimen. 



760. Ortolan Bunting. Emberiza hortulana, 

 Linn. 



One caught on Rock Hill near Mansfield 

 in a clap net, Feb. 1858, and now in the 

 collection of Mr. Daws of Mansfield. 

 162. Velvet Scoter. Oedemia fusca, Linn. 



After the article was in print the writer 



saw the specimen which was shot at Plea- 

 sley Vale, and found it to be a common 

 scoter. 



i86tf. Kentish Plover. Aegialit'u cantiana 

 (Latham). 



One was seen on 13 April, 1904, by the 

 writer's son in a field of young wheat near 

 one of the ponds at Rainworth. It was with- 

 in fifteen yards of him for some time, and as 

 he knows this species well, there was no doubt 

 as to the identity. 



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