480 THE ZOOLOGIST. 
Purple Sandpiper in Nottinghamshire.—When shooting near here on 
September 25th a tramp brought me a bird which he had just picked up 
under the telegraph-wires. It was a Purple Sandpiper (T’ringa maritima), 
and, I need hardly say, I was as pleased to give as he was to receive 
a shilling for it. This maritime species had occurred but very few times in 
this county, which is situated far from its usual haunts, and this is the 
only county-killed specimen I possess.—J. Wuiraker (Rainworth Lodge, 
Notts). 
Roller near Norwich. — On October 24th an adult female Roller was 
shot at Felthorpe, seven miles from Norwich. It was seen in the same spot 
three days previously by the person who eventually shot it. Just twenty 
years have elapsed since the first example of this uncommon bird passed 
through my hands—an adult male, which was caught in the rigging of a 
vessel off the Yarmouth coast (‘ Huddersfield Naturalist,’ 1865, vol. ii., 
p. 64). This bird has recently been added to the Norwich Museum. I found 
on dissection that both had been feeding on the tumbler dung-beetle.— 
T. E. Gunn (Norwich). 
Breeding Places of the Fulmar.—Referring to ‘The Zoologist,’ 1879, 
p. 880, I find that an editorial note quotes the statement of Mr. Robert 
Gray (‘ Birds of the West of Scotland,’ p. 499), to the effect that Fulmarus 
glacialis “ breeds” on a Stack off the Skye coast. I have the authority of 
Capt. Cameron, who supplied the original note, for stating that he was 
misled by his informants, and that the species which nests upon the Stack 
in question is not the Fulmar, but the Manx Shearwater. Should I be able 
to visit the Stack personally, as I hope to do, I shall be glad to report 
further—H. A. Macruerson (Carlisle). 
Eared Grebe at Hunstanton. — Ou November 7th I received from 
Hunstanton an adult example of the Eared Grebe, showing traces of the 
summer plumage on the head. ‘The eyes of this specimen were orange- 
_ yellow, not red, as usually described in ornithological works.—Jut1an Tuck 
(St. Mary’s, Bucknall, Stoke-on-Trent). 
Recent occurrence of the Nutcracker in Kent.—Your readers will 
be interested to hear of the recent occurrence in Kent of the Nutcracker, 
Nucifraga caryocatactes, a bird sufficiently rare in this country to deserve 
notice. The specimen referred to was shot by me on Noy. 17th near 
Eddington. I saw this bird two days before it was shot, and had good 
opportunity of observing its movements, which appears to partake of those of 
the Jackdaw and Magpie. It was flying from an elm tree to the ground, and 
raking among the fallen leaves with a sharp busy motion, quite undisturbed 
by the presence of myself and a friend, whose attention I called to the 
indifference which the bird displayed. Although I spoke very loudly, to try 
the effect, no notice was taken, and it was only the abrupt appearance of a 
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