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ferent parts of south Derbyshire, in defiance 

 of the law, between June, 1900, and June, 

 1901, it is almost hopeless to expect any 

 extension at present. As a winter visitor it 

 has occurred in many parts of the county 

 where ponds or reservoirs exist. 



226. Red-necked Grebe. Podicipes griseigena 



(Boddaert). 



One was shot on the Derwent near Derby 

 (Zoo/. 1844, p. 577) ; another on the Trent 

 between Burton and Stapenhill in April, 1849 

 (Zoo/. 1850, p. 2706), and a third was shot on 

 a brook near Chapel-en-le-Frith about 1887 

 (Naturalist, Oct. 1897). 



227. Slavonian or Horned Grebe. Podicipes 



auritus (Linn.). 



One shot on the Trent at Newton Solney 

 in 1860 (Nat. Hist, of Tutbury, p. 109). 

 Another was shot on the pond at Allestree 

 and received by A. S. Hutchinson for pre- 

 servation on November 28, 1898 (Zoo/. 

 1900, p. 428). 



228. Black-necked or Eared Grebe. Podicipes 



nigricollis, C. L. Brehm. 



Mentioned by Glover and Harley as found 

 sometimes on the Trent, but no data are 

 given. One was however shot on the Der- 

 went at Draycott in 1860 (Birds of Derbyshire, 

 p. 22 1). 



229. Little Grebe. Podicipes fluviatilis (Tun- 



stall). 

 Locally, Dipper, Dabchick. 



Fairly common in those districts where 

 ponds and still reaches are available for breed- 

 ing purposes. In winter ponds are deserted 

 for the open water of the larger rivers, and in 

 severe weather many resort to the sea coast. 

 The eggs are often washed out by floods, and 

 when fresh may be found lying on the bottom 

 not far from the nest. 



230. Storm-Petrel. Proctllaria pelagka, Linn. 

 Exhausted birds are occasionally picked up, 



usually in south Derbyshire. Sir O. Mosley 

 and Messrs. E. Brown and J. J. Briggs con- 

 firm this, but give no particulars. Whitlock 

 mentions two, one taken alive on Hopton 

 Moor and the other found dead at Winshill 

 (Birds of Derbyshire, p. 234). One was shot 

 at Kniveton about 1885, and another was 

 picked up dead on December u, 1886, at 

 Ashbourne after having been seen flying over 

 a pond in the morning. In the Naturalist 

 for October, 1897, Mr. C. Oldham says one 

 was picked up exhausted on the line at Combs 

 near Chapel-en-le-Frith in the winter of 

 1893-4. 



23 1 . Leach's Fork-tailed Petrel. Oceanodroma 



leucorrhoa (Vieillot). 



Mr. E. Brown mentions one obtained near 

 Burton some years ago (Nat. Hist, of Tutbury, 

 p. ill; another was picked up alive at 

 Draycott in November, 1881, and a third 

 caught in Markeaton Park by a dog on 

 November 29, 1882. Two were seen and 

 one shot on the canal at Awsworth on the 

 borders of Nottingham at Christmas, 1888 

 (Birds of Derbyshire, p. 233). 



232. Manx Shearwater. Puffinus anglorum 



(Temminck). 



About eight instances of the occurrence of 

 this bird are mentioned by F. B. Whitlock, 

 all from the south of the county, and mostly 

 captured in the month of September between 

 the years 1879-92. In the latter year one 

 was taken alive in Burton, and another re- 

 ceived from Findern (Birds of Derbyshire, 

 p. 232). About 1894 or 1895 one was 

 killed at Kniveton near Ashbourne. 



233. Fulmar. Fulmarus glacialis (Linn.). 

 One was shot near Melbourne Pool on 



October 25, 1847 (Zoo/, p. 2951). No other 

 instance of its occurrence is on record. 



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