A HISTORY OF STAFFORDSHIRE 



214. Storm-Petrel. Procellaria pelagica, Linn. 

 Occasionally storm-driven into the county. 



One was shot about 1885 at Buckmere by 

 Dr. Baddcley, and two have been caught, one 

 near Handsworth in October 1888, and the 

 other between Smethwick and Birmingham on 

 4 November 1863 (Birds of Staffordshire, p. 



139)- 



215. Leach's Fork-tailed Petrel. Oceano- 



droma leucorrhoa (Vieillot). 

 Another occasional straggler. Sir O. 

 Mosley states that both this and the preceding 

 species have been several times picked up 

 exhausted on the banks of the Trent (Nat. 

 Hist, of Tutbury, p. 58). One was found 

 dead at Barton-under-Needwood in March 

 1890, and another in a similar state was 

 picked up in the grounds of Wootton Lodge 



on II November 1899 (not 1900 as there 

 stated) (Report North Staffs Field Club, 1901), 

 and Mr. Fitzherbert Brockholes reports 

 another picked up in a turnip field at Swyn- 

 nerton on 18 November, 1901. 



2 1 6. Manx Shearwater. Puffinus anglorum 



(Temminck) 



Has occurred several times in the county. 

 One recorded from Weston in 1882, another 

 rrom Kingsley on 9 September 1887, a third 

 near Stone in September 1891, and a fourth 

 at Lower Gornal near Dudley, 9 September 

 1891 (Report North Staffs Field Club and 

 Birds of Staffordshire, p. 140). On 3 Sep- 

 tember 1892, one was caught in an exhausted 

 state in Burton, and another is said to have 

 been taken previously in the same district 

 (Birds of Derbyshire, p. 232). 



ADDENDA 



The following records have been received since the above list was 

 written : 



12. Nightingale. Daulias luscinia (Linn.) 



A recent occurrence of this species in the 

 county is noted in Rep. N. Staffs. Field Club 

 for 1905. 



I&A. Dartford Warbler, Sylvia undata 

 (Boddaert) 



This species can now be included in the 

 county list, as it is proved to have nested on 

 Cannock Chase in 1870 (Zool. November, 

 1903, p. 423, and Rep. N. Staffs. Field Club, 

 1906, p. 46). 



57. Tree Sparrow. Passer montanus (Linn.) 



In 1905 and subsequent years this species 

 has greatly increased in numbers, and nests 

 regularly at Cheadle in boxes put up for tits. 



84. Wryneck. lynx torquilla, Linn. 



Mr. Walter Marchant observed one of 

 these birds near Weston under Lizard on 

 2O April, 1907. 



95A. Little Owl. Athene noctua (Scopoli) 



A bird of this species was shot in October, 

 1906, in the county near Newport, Shrops. 

 Probably it had strayed from one of the counties 

 where many of this species have been turned 

 out in recent years, and nest regularly. 



98. Hen Harrier. Circus cyaneus (Linn.) 



One was shot at Enville in December, 

 1879, and is now in Lord Bradford's collec- 

 tion (Rep. N. Staffs. Field Club, 1905). 



1 1 . Golden Eagle. Aquila chrysaetus (Linn.) 



Mr. Francis Monckton, of Stretton Hall, 

 states that a pair of eagles visited Somerford, 

 near Brewood, in 1856 or 1857, and one was 

 shot. He believes it to have been of this 

 species. 



O2. White-tailed Eagle. Haliae'tus albicilla 



(Linn.) 



A young female was trapped on Cannock 

 Chase on 4 December, 1905, and is now in 

 Lord Lichfield's collection at Shugborough. 



ii 6. Common Heron. Ardea cinerea, Linn. 



A new heronry, with about nine nests, was 

 found in a large wood near Cheadle in 1904, 

 and a few pairs have nested every year since 

 (Rep. N. Staffs. Field Club, 1904). 



126. White-fronted Goose. Anser albifrons 

 (Scopoli) 



One shot near Stafford, and another at 

 Stretton, near Stafford (Rep. N. Staffs. Field 

 Club, 1906, p. 47). 



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