4 WHITLOCK: BIRD-NOTES FROM THE MID-TRENT VALLEY IN 1893- 
of a wood, when I observed a Warbler in a small ash tree. 
I saw at once it was a Grasshopper Warbler, and soon after- 
wards heard the reeling notes. I searched for the nest and 
quickly found it in a little blackthorn bush, well concealed 
by dead herbage. The bird I saw had probably just left the 
nest, which contained six eggs. 
Wheatear. Saxicola cenanthe. First pair seen April 16th, 
others later in the month. 
Tree Pipit. Anthustrivialis. First heard April 9th ; common 
a week later. 
Swallow. Hirundo rustica. A few seen flying eastward 
October 15th. Wind strong S.W 
Sand Martin. Cotile riparia. First seen (a flock) March 31st. 
Swift. Cypselus apus. First seen April 3oth. 
House Martin. Chelidon urbica. This species is always the last 
of the Swallows to arrive. This year not seen till end of April. 
Lesser Whitethroat. Sylvia curruca. The pair which breed 
in my garden were very late this year. I did not hear the male 
until May 4th. The young were out of the nest for the first 
time June 18th. I enticed one of them out of a hedge, till 
I caught it. The female, who was watching me, shuffled in 
front of my feet as I carried it across the lawn to show it to 
some friends. She seemed very much relieved when I released 
it again. The Common Whitethroat (Sy/via petit was 
nesting early in May. 
Goldfinch. Carduelis elegans. A flock seen September 3rd. 
A male accidentally shot had the usual crimson zone round the 
beak, of a deep claret colour. Individuals still about. 
Tree Sparrow. Passer montanus. A large number of eggs 
were taken 11th May by the farmer on whose land the Iston 
Colony exists. I visited the other colony near Trent Station, 
on May 25th, in company with my friend, Mr. Storrs Fox, of 
Bakewell. We found few eggs; in some cases the young had 
flown, but in the majority we could hear them chirping in the 
nest-holes. 
Yellow Wagtail. Motacilla raii, Four seen April 2nd. 
Pretty common a week later. An example seen August 13th in 
bright clean breeding plumage, and on the same day an 
individual in the buff nestling dress, very boldly spotted on 
the throat and breast. 
White Wagtail. Motacilla alba. Examples seen April 16th 
and 2oth, 
Naturalist, 
