WHITLOCK: AUTUMN AND WINTER NOTES FROM NOTTS. 47 
On the 21st I shot a fine immature female example of the Little 
Stint (7ringa minuta). It was in company with a Ringed Plover on 
a large bed of shingle on the Trent side. Mr. Whitaker informs me 
that this is the fourth authentic record of the Little Stint for Notts. 
On Sept. 28th I observed a great commotion amongst a flock of 
Rooks (Corvus frugilegus), who seemed bent on reaching the clouds 
with all spee e cause of the alarm was the presence of a fine 
Peregrine F mene (Falco peregrinus), which came steadily flying down 
the Trent valley. A great many young Chaffinches (/ringilla celebs) 
were to be observed at the end of September. The same may be said 
of Skylarks (4/auda ae sin and Meadow Pipits (Anthus pratensis). 
Oct. 1st.—A few Terns appeared on the Trent, but none were 
shot. They were probably the Common Tern (Sterna fluviatilis). 
About the same time a specimen of the Manx Shearwater (Puffinus 
anglorum) was shot at Bridgford. It is curious how regularly this 
bird occurs in the autumn in an inland county like Notts. 
On Oct. 11th, a very fine example of the Common Buzzard 
(Buteo vulgaris) was shot at Owthorpe Wood in 9 vale of Belvoir; 
it measured 4 ft. 2 inches across the expanded w 
On Oct. 19th the first flocks of Fieldfares ( a ier appeared, 
large numbers constantly arriving up to Though 
this is not an early date for individuals or even ce fae we do 
not as arule expect them in any numbers until the first week in 
November. The Redwings (Zurdus t/tacus) arrived at the same time. 
On Oct. 22nd, a fine old male Scoter ( Edemia nigra) was shot 
at Beeston, as well as two other ducks of a smaller species. I secured 
the Scoter but was too late to identify the smaller birds. 
Oct. 26th, I noticed a few Hooded Crows (Corvus cornix). This 
species became common a little later. I also noticed flocks of 
Skylarks (A/auda arvensis) and Starlings (Sturnus PO arriving at 
intervals between the flocks of Fieldfares and Redwings. 
Oct. 29th brought a few Woodcocks (.Scolopax rusticola) several 
of which were shot and one brought alive into Nottingham market, 
alee ag cet been in collision with some object. 
oth, a fine male Pine Grosbeak (Pinicola enucleator) shot 
near weaced I have given full details elsewhere [see p. 38 of this 
number 
Nov. 1st.—A young Goldeneye (Clangula glaucion) and on 
Nov. 8th, a Wigeon (JMareca penelope), both killed near Shelford. 
I saw a flock of Dunlins (Zvinga variabilis), about eleven in number, 
flying in a south-westerly direction on the 9th. A Water Rail 
(Rallus aguaticus) was killed by the telegraph wires near Atten- 
borough on the 11th, probably on migration. 
Weds, sae: 1801, 
