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would fly off and return again, whilst uttering the note, ‘zit, zit, 
zit,’ rapidly repeated. I several times came within a few yards 
of it; and from its plumage, note, and flight, I feel sure that it 
must have been a Water Pipit. 
Picus major Linn. Great Spotted dbs ae etd Apl. 22nd. 
One near the Trent at Littleboroug 
Picus minor Linn. Lesser ae Woodpecker. The 
keeper saw one in Grove Park, on March 24th, where they 
nested later in the year. 
Cuculus canorus Linn. Cuckoo. April 7th. One, near 
jrove. Another reported. 
Asio Saal Pig es Long-eared Owl. Nested in Grove Park 
plantat : 
Falco sepa Tunstall. Peregrine Falcon. March roth. 
Mr. Cordeaux about this date saw a large Falcon fly over north- 
wards at a great height, at Eaton, which he has no doubt was 
a. Peregrine. 
Falco zsalon Tunstall. Merlin. January 13th. A male here 
(Grove) this evening, hawking for Larks in a grass field. 
Botaurus stellaris (Linn.). Bittern. One was shot in the 
winter of 1892-3 at Newark 
Querquedula crecca (Linn.). Teal. Mr. Cordeaux saw Teal on 
the Idle at Eaton, on March 17th. 
Fuligula cristata (Leach). Tufted Duck. March 18th. Two 
On the river at Eaton (Cordeaux). 
Columba palumbus Linn. Ring Dove. Nest, with young 
hatched by March 23rd, in Grove Park plantation 
Turtur communis Selby. Turtle Dove. May 1 ak Three 
or four feeding in a young wheat-field near Cestononeriedt 
Crex pratensis Bechst. Land-rail. April 11th. Near Headon 
Wood. April 12th. A nest of this species, containing two 
unbroken eggs, was to-day found in a hay-stack near Headon. 
They must have been picked up with the rakings in hay-time. 
Fulica atra Linn. Coot. February 28th. The keeper shot one 
on the moat at Grove. An unusual place for this species. 
Charadrius pluvialis Linn. Golden Plover. March 17th. 
Mr. Cordeaux saw a large flock in the meadows at Eaton. 
Gallinago ceelestis (Frenzel). Common Snipe. Mr. Cordeaux 
writes, dated March 18th, ‘ Yesterday I saw in the meadows 
here (Paton) four couple of Snipe, soaring and inclined to 
oh drum.” 
Nov. 1894. 
