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ORNITHOLOGICAL NOTES FROM NORTH 
NOTTS FOR 1891-92. 
LEONARD BUTTRESS, 
Grove Rectory, Retford. 
Turdus pilaris. Fieldfare. In 1892 the last flock was seen 
May 28th, and the first on October 15th. Wind E. 
Daulias luscinia. Nightingale. First heard singing April 
25th, 1892. Wind N.W. 
Phylloscopus sibilatrix. Wood Wren. First seen on Gringley 
Common, on April 15th, 1892. On the 29th, Mr. Cordeaux 
saw several in the forest beyond Hardwick. May 28th, four 
or five in full song in the forest near Clumber. From May 3oth 
to September 27th, Wood Wrens might be seen every day in 
the park plantations (Grove). 
Locustella nevia. Grasshopper Warbler. May 2nd, 1892. 
E. strong. One, singing, near Grove Moor. On July 7th, 
I saw a young Grasshopper Warbler, just able to fly. 
Parus ater. Coal Titmouse. April 19th, 1892. Building, 
in a small hole, in an ash tree in Castle Hill Wood. 
Sitta cesia. Nuthatch. November 27th, 1892. One in Grove 
Park plantation. 
Motacilla alba. White Wagtail. April 16th, 1892. I saw two, 
on the river at Eaton, with several JZ Zugubris. Sept. 24th. 
Mr. Cordeaux this morning saw a pair of immature White 
Wagtails on the roof of an outhouse in his garden at Eaton. 
Lanius excubitor var. major. Great Grey Shrike. A male 
of the variety formerly known as Pallas’s Grey Shrike, Z. mayor, 
was shot by a keeper at Wheatley, on Nov. 27th, 1891. Its 
stomach contained the remains ofa large beetle and shrew mouse. 
Coccothraustes vulgaris. Hawfinch. This species is exceed- 
ingly common in the woods and plantations here throughou 
the year. 
Chrysomitris spinus. Siskin. May 28th, 1892. S. To-day, 
while driving with Mr. Cordeaux in Clumber Park, near the 
Apley Head Gate, we came upon a small flock of Siskins, 
feeding in the tops of some larch trees. 
Acanthis rufescens. Lesser Redpole. January 11th, 1892. 
Snow. One, in a flock of finches at the moat (Grove) ; and 
about this date Mr. Cordeaux saw one at Retford. On May 31st 
the nest of a Lesser Redpole, with four eggs, was taken in the 
grounds of the Grammar School, Retford. 
March 1893. 
