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rushes and water-weed, according to the habit of this species. A few days 
later, on the 10th inst., the female was again seen sitting on the nest. The 
birds appeared not at all shy, and the nest was in a decidedly exposed 
situation, being easily discernible from a boat passing along the water. I 
have not had an opportunity of observing the nest since the date last- 
mentioned, but trust that these interesting birds may be successful in 
bringing off their brood. I am only aware of one previous instance of the 
Great Crested Grebe having been met with in Rutlandshire, when Mr. 
Evans, taxidermist, of Bourn, Lincolnshire, received, as he informs me, a 
specimen from the village of Great Casterton, in this county, some years 
since. There may, however, have been others of which I have not 
information.—GatnsBorouGH (Exton Park, Oakham). 
Bartram’s Sandpiper, Little Bustard, and Hoopoe in Cornwall.— 
When at Penzance, in November last, I was told by Mr. Vingoe, the bird- 
stuffer, that a doctor at Truro possessed a specimen of Bartram’s Sandpiper 
shot by his brother at the Lizard (as already recorded in ‘ The Zoologist’), 
but he could not remember the name of the doctor. When at Truro some 
days afterwards, I called on the various doctors resident in that city, and 
after one or two unavailing visits I found the bird in the possession of Dr. 
H. S. Leverton, 68, Lemon Street, who most courteously handed it over to 
me for examination ; and I at once recognised it as my old friend Bartramia 
longicauda, which I had so often shot when in Texas. Dr. Leverton 
informed me that this specimen (which is remarkable as being a rather pale- 
coloured example) was shot by his brother, between two and three years ago, 
on the cliffs near Coverack, a village a few miles on the Truro side of the 
Lizard, and sent to him in the flesh. He was unable at first to make out 
what the bird was, but soon succeeded in identifying it by reference to Mr. 
Gould’s work on the Birds of Great Britain. In the same room at Dr. 
Leverton’s I saw in another case a very fine female of the Little Bustard, 
Otis tetrax, also killed in Cornwall; and in a letter subsequently received 
Dr. Leverton informed me that his brother saw a Hoopoe last summer on 
Goonhilly Downs, near St. Keverne, which bird was subsequently shot by 
the keeper at Trelowarren (Sir V. Vyvyan’s). — H. E. Dresser (Topelyffe 
Grange, Farnborough, Kent). 
Variety of the Goldeneye.—Mr. Pratt, of Brighton, has recently 
mounted an interesting variety of the Goldeneye Duck, Clangula glaucion, 
having three white facial spots instead of two, the third one being on the 
chin. It is an adult male, and is the property of Mr. S. A. Walker, by 
whom it was shot at Stromness, Orkney, in December last. It is curious 
in slightly-pied birds how often the white feathers show themselves about 
the head—especially noticeable in Rooks, Ring Ouzels, and Blackbirds. 
On the other hand, there are some species very liable to be pied, as the 
