WHITLOCK: BIRD-NOTES FROM THE MID-TRENT VALLEY IN 1893. 3 
Redwing. Turdus iliacus. Very scarce this autumn in com- 
parison with the former species. 
Song Thrush. Turdus musicus. Numbers on migration in 
October. <A pair which breed in my garden successfully reared 
three broods. A separate nest was constructed in each case. 
Redstart. Ruticilla pheernicurus. Fairly common by 16th 
April. 
Redbreast. Erithacus rubecula. A pair which breed in my 
garden had young April 6th. They reared a second brood in 
the same nest. 
Nightingale. Daulias luscinia. 1893 was a favourable year 
for this species, and pairs bred in many places in South Notts. 
In one wood I heard four males singing within a radius of 
a hundred yards. I found a nest situated in a clump of dead 
herbage, by one of the rides. The entrance was well concealed. 
The nest was lined with horse-hair, and contained three eggs 
larger than the average. For several days in August a 
Nightingale remained in my garden, haunting the’ kidney 
beans and raspberry canes. I was very much struck with 
its redbreast-like attitudes and appearance. 
Whinchat. Pratincola rubetra. ‘This species nested earlier 
than usual. Clutches of seven eggs were common, and most that 
I examined were spotted. A clutch of three are hardly to be 
distinguished from eggs of the Stonechat (/. rudicola). 
Chiffchaff. Phylloscopus rufus. First heard March 26th. 
More abundant than usual. I saw eggs closely resembling 
those of the Willow Wren (P. /vochilus) in the colour of their 
markings. 
Willow Wren. Phylloscopus trochilus. First heard April 
7th, quite ten days earlier than usual. A nest containing a full 
complement of eggs found May 12th. Another I examined in 
Sherwood Forest was profusely lined with feathers of the Tawny 
Owl (Syrnium aluco). 
Wood Wren. Phylloscopus sibilatrix. A few pairs observed 
in May at Clumber. 
Pied Flycatcher. Muscicapa luctuosa. . Visiting Sherwood 
Forest in August, I was just too late to see what I feel sure was 
an example of this species. It had been shot near Edwinstowe. 
Grasshopper Warbler. Locustella nevia. This species was 
a little more plentiful than usual. I find the female does 
not always steal off her nest in the stealthy manner usually 
___ described. On 22nd May J was quietly walking down the ride 
Jan. 1894, 
