OTCS 



NOTES FROM LEICESTERSHIRE. 

 Raven (C. corax). — Mr. J. Freeman, who knows the bird well 

 in a wild state, saw a Raven at Wanlip in November 1919. 



Willow-Tit (P. atricapilUis kleinschmidti) . — In November 

 1919 I shot a pair of Titmice at Queniborough, one of which I 

 submitted to Mr. H. F. Witherby, who informs me that it is a 

 Willow-Tit. This is, I believe, the first record of this species 

 from Leicestershire. 



Swallow {H. r. rustica). — First seen at Wanlip on March 

 27th, 1920. 



Cuckoo (C. c. canoms). — ^First seen at Queniborough on 

 March 31st, 1920. Both of these are unusually early dates 

 for the Midlands. 



Hobby {F. s. subbiiteo). — A male was trapped by a keeper 

 at Queniborough on July 5th, 1920. 



Common Buzzard {B. hnteo). — One, by its size a female, 

 was seen by myself and keeper at Barkby Thorpe on May ist, 

 1920. It passed quite close to us, flying low in a strong wind. 



Hen-Harrier (C. cyaneus). — Four were seen some few 

 miles from Queniborough in September 1920, and one of 

 them, which had been shot, I examined on the 23rd, and 

 found to be an immature male. 



Manx Shearwater (P. p. puffimis). — A male was picked 

 up dead in Humberstone village on October 3rd, 1920, and 

 examined by me on the next day. 



Common Sandpiper (P. hypoleuca). — During the first week 

 of May 1920 I saw a migratory party of twenty along the 

 River Soar, at Wanlip. 



Green Sandpiper (P. ochroptis). — On September 15th, 

 1920, one flew close by me at Queniborough and another was 

 shot at Measham, during the first week in October, while 

 several others were seen on Gadesby Brook and at Barkby 

 Thorpe. 



Curlew (A^. arquata). — ^^Mr. J. Freeman saw six Curlews 

 pass over Thurmaston, calling repeatedly, about the end of 

 September 1920. 



Whimbrel {N. phcBopus). — When walking along the brook 

 at Queniborough on September 9th, 1920, I saw three 

 Whimbrel, which passed quite close to me, and on the next 

 day a single bird flew overhead, calling several times. 



W. Hubert Barrow. 



