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Rolleston, on the Staffordshire side of the 

 Dove (Nat. Hist, of Tutbury, p. 57). It is 

 also occasionally met with in the north. 



214. Herring-Gull. Larus argentatus, J. F. 



Gmelin. 



Occurs regularly on migration in the 

 Trent valley and occasionally in other parts 

 of the county. Unlike the smaller gulls, this 

 species usually flies at a considerable height. 



215. Lesser Black-backed Gull. Larus fuscus, 



Linn. 



Not an uncommon passing migrant in the 

 Trent valley, and occasionally met with in 

 other parts. 



2 1 6. Great Black-backed Gull. Larus 



marinus, Linn. 



Occasionally occurs in the Trent valley, 

 and has also been met with at Egginton and 

 near Derby. A small flock of four or five of 

 these birds was seen at close quarters near 

 Alsop-en-le-Dale one misty morning in the 

 spring of 1902 (J. Henderson). 



217. Kittiwake. Rissa tridactyla (Linn.). 

 This is one of the commonest gulls, and 



on the upper Trent is met with even more 

 frequently than the black-headed gull. Storm 

 driven birds occur occasionally in the north, 

 but most of our visitors follow the course of 

 the Trent. 



2 1 8. Pomatorhine Skua. Stercorarius poma- 



torhinus (Temminck). 

 J. J. Briggs (Zoo/, p. 4513) records a 

 specimen which was mobbed by rooks and 

 secured in an exhausted state on September 

 28, 1854. There is however some doubt as 

 to its correct identification (Nat. Hist, of Tut- 

 bury, p. in). An immature bird was shot by 

 T. K. Wilson on the moors near Strines at 

 the beginning of October, 1898 (J. J. Bald- 

 win Young). 



219. Arctic or Richardson's Skua. Stercora- 



rius crepidatus (J. F. Gmelin). 

 Two of these birds in immature plumage 

 are stated by Sir O. Mosley and Mr. E. 

 Brown to have been killed near Burton. 

 Another was picked up at Mickleover about 

 1879-80. 



[Long-tailed or Buffon's Skua. Stercora- 

 rius parasiticus (Linn.). 



Sir O. Mosley (Nat. Hist, of Tutbury, 

 p. 58) states that 'The arctic skua has, it is 

 said, been shot near Burton.' As he also 

 refers to Richardson's skua, it is evident that 

 he refers to this species, but Mr. E. Brown 

 omits all mention of it.] 



220. Little Auk. Mergulus alle (Linn.). 

 Several were shot on the Trent in the 



Burton district about 1843 (Nat. Hist, of 

 Tutbury, pp. 57, 109). One was caught by 

 a dog on a pond at Kilburn in November, 

 1856 ; one was killed near Derby in Decem- 

 ber, 1892 (G. Pullen) ; and in February, 

 1898, another was shot on the Trent (Journ. 

 Derb. Arch, and Nat. Hist. Sac. 1898, p. 

 xx.). There are also two specimens in the 

 Derby Museum, one of which at any rate was 

 locally obtained. 



221. Puffin. Fratercula arctica (Linn.). 

 Locally, Fire-eyed Grebe (Pilkington). 



One is said by Pilkington (1789) to have 

 been shot near Derby. 



222. Great Northern Diver. Colymbus glaci- 



alis, Linn. 



Whitlock gives five definite records of this 

 species for Derbyshire : at Darley in 1826, 

 on the Derwent about 1845, near Ockbrook 

 in 1853, at Newton Solney in 1861-2, and 

 on the Trent in 1863. A young female was 

 picked up in an exhausted state between 

 Tideswell and Peak Forest on August I, 

 1899 (W. Boulsover). 



223. Black-throated Diver. Colymbus arcticus, 



Linn. 



An immature bird of this species was shot 

 in January or February, 1897, on Combs 

 reservoir near Chapel-en-le-Frith, and re- 

 corded by Mr. C. Oldham in the Zoologist, 

 1897, p. 426. 



224. Red-throated Diver. Colymbus septen- 



trionalis, Linn. 



Has occurred several times on the Trent 

 and the lower waters of the Dove and Der- 

 went. About 1848 many visited the Trent, 

 and one was killed on January 31 (J. J. 

 Briggs). Others have been killed at Repton 

 Park pool, and on the Derwent near Derby 

 in 1844 (Zool. 1844, p. 577). An immature 

 bird was killed on the Dove above Hanging 

 Bridge in 1895. 



225. Great Crested Grebe. Podicipes cristatus 



(Linn.). 



At the present time three pairs of these 

 fine birds breed on the ponds in Shipley Park 

 near Heanor, where they are carefully pre- 

 served, and if the restrictions of the Wild 

 Birds Protection Act were observed, we 

 might hope to see a considerable increase in 

 their breeding range. As however no fewer 

 than five adult birds have been killed in dif- 



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