Pee SE aa CORE or, made t Seo . ae 
_ at Purston. Also at the same time (20) a beautiful Little Gull, 
: Notingham, and i in 1888 | the r recipi pient ce the Murchison eons 
272 .. Notes and News. 
Before Purston and Featherstone became such densely-populated 
centres, Mr. Fearnley’s pond and the stream running behind 
where now the sewage farm stands used to be sure finds for _ 
several species of Waders at the autumnal migration. I have 
seen the Dunlin, Green Sandpiper, Common eae (12) 
Ringed Plover, and (13) ) Greenshank there, and as I was often — 
ample opportunities of observing them. My father once shot 
(14) a Great Snipe, the only one that I ever heard of in the 
district. It got up in a field of potatoes on Mr. Wilton’s farm, 
close to the fence, and my father, who was an excellent shot, 
either had to take it as it went over or let it go altogether. He E 
nearly blew it to pieces with No. 5 shot, but the sixteen tail 
feathers and large size enabled us to identify it. Mr. Stringer 
had a case of (15) beautiful Ruffs in full breeding plumage, 
several of which had been got in the Pontefract district, though, 
with the exception of two, which I have often heard him say 
were got between Carleton and Wentbridge, I cannot say that 
they were obtained within the area treated of by Mr. Arundel. 
At the sale of the late Mr. Greaves’ effects, of Carleton Grange, 
I made enquiries about this case with a view to purchase, but 
unfortunately it could not be traced, and I do not know what 
has become of it. (16) The Whimbrel I have heard at the 
spring and autumn migration passing over our garden at 
Pontefract, uttering its well-known cry. (17) The Arctic Tern 
I have seen in the spring at Wentbridge, and though not in the 
prescribed district, I have seen it when fishing the Wintersett 
reservoirs, but never so numerous as the Common Tern. [In 
the often-mentioned winter of ’80-81, I shot (18) an pene 
Lesser Black-backed Gull out of a small flock on Mr. Wilto 
farm, and in the same winter, Mr. Stringer had (19) one or ee 
Little Auks, got between East Hardwick and Wentbridge and 
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which I remember his exhibiting to me, when stuffed, with great 
pride, and which was got somewhere near East Hardwick. An 
authentic list of the birds of the district has yet to be written. 
OxLey GrasBHaM, M.A., M.B.O.U. 
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NOTES AND NEWS. 
We have not before had the space to note the decease at the early 
age of 49 of Mr. Edward Wilson; ¥.G.5., esi Pre for fourteen years 
curator of the Bristol Museum, formerly a ul science teacher at 
