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Gindus melanog aster, C. L. Brehm. — Shot near Southwell, 

 Notts. 



Oriolus galbula, Linn. — A male, Warwickshire, May, 1870, 

 vide 'The Zoologist,' 1871, p. 2765 ; a female, Horsham, Sussex, 

 1872. 



Cyanecula suecica (Linn.) — A red-spotted male Bluethroat is 

 in a case with a male Eedstart, and a label on the case, on the 

 handwriting of Mr. Sim, of Aberdeen, runs as follows :—" Both 

 birds were caught as they flew on board a fishing-boat about six 

 miles off Aberdeen. The Bluethroat was captured on the 10th 

 May, 1872." ' Handbook of British Birds,' p. 104. 



Pastor rose US (Linn.)— Adult male, Eamsdale, Notts, Sept. 

 1856. ' Birds of Nottinghamshire,' p. 26. 



Pyrrhocorax alpinus, Koch. — A female example procured in 

 Oxfordshire, and mentioned in ' The Zoologist,' 1881, pp.442, 471, 

 and 1882, p. 431. 



Merops apiaster, Linn.— Two fine specimens. One killed at 

 Stainsby Gardens, Derby, May 4th, 1879 (Zool. 1879, p. 461), 

 and the other at Ingoldsby, near Bowes, Lincolnshii-e, July, 1872 

 (Zool. 1882, p. 149). 



Cypselus mclba, lUiger.— Finchley, August, 1860. Eecorded 

 in 'The Field,' March 13th, 1875, and 'The Zoologist,' 1879, 

 p. 489. 



Caprimulgus cegyptius, Licht. — Since taking my notes of this 

 collection, a brief record, by Mr. Whitaker, of this interesting 

 specimen has appeared in ' The Zoologist,' 1883, p. 374, and a 

 longer account with notes on the species by Mr. Harting, in 

 ' The Field ' of Sept. 15th, 1883. 



Syrrhaptes jJaradoxus (Pall.)— A male, one of four obtained 

 at Farnsfield, Notts. Two females caught June, 1863, in rabbit- 

 traps set for crows, in a potato-field near Mansfield. Their 

 companions (some six or eight in number) remained about the 

 place for upwards of a month. 'Birds of Nottinghamshire,' 

 pp. 35, 36. 



Tetrao tetrix, Linn.- A pair of the old Nottinghamshire stock, 

 shot at Batcher Hill, Mansfield Forest. 



Tringa canutus, Linn.— In breeding plumage. Fountain 

 Dale. ' Birds of Nottinghamshire,' pp. 44, 45. 



Ardea ralloides, Scop. — Bestwood Park, Notts, July, 1871. 

 Zoologist,' 1871, p. 2803, and ' Birds of Nottinghamshii-e/ p. 50. 



