BUTTRESS : ORNITHOLOGICAL NOTES FROM NORTH NOTTS. 89 
Porzana bailloni. Baillon’s Crake. On February 13th, 1891, 
the bird-stuffer at Retford showed me a small Crake, which has 
since turned out to be this species. It had been obtained at 
Bolam, near Retford, a few days before, and appears to be the 
first specimen recorded for the county. 
Rallus aquaticus. Water Rail. About May 2rst, 1892, 
Mr. Cordeaux heard the note of a Water Rail in a thicket near 
the river at Eaton. 
Fulica atra. Coot. Pair swimming with young on the river 
below Clumber Lake, on June 27th, 1892. 
Charadrius pluvialis. Golden Plover. Several black-breasted 
specimens shot in the Idle valley during the autumn of 1891. 
April 16th, 1892. Flock of about thirty near Eaton. October 
22nd. Forty or fifty with Lapwings at Eaton, very noisy. 
Phalaropus fulicarius. Grey Phalarope. Oct. 2oth, 18or. 
One, ‘in nearly completed winter plumage,’ shot on the Trent, 
at Holme, near Newark. 
Scolopax rusticula. Woodcock. April 16th, 1892. About 
this date the keepers saw several in the woods and plantations ; 
and some evidently bred. April 22nd, one in Spring Wood, 
Grove. 
Gallinago ceelestis. Common Snipe. On March 16th, 1892, 
Mr. Cordeaux wrote that there were Snipe, in pairs, in the 
meadows, near the river at Eaton. On April 2nd there were 
several in the same place ‘ drumming,’ and also on the 16th. 
Gallinago gallinula. Jack Snipe. 1891. Abundant in a 
drain near Grove throughout January. On the 13th six were 
shot there. October 22nd, 1892, one, on the river near 
Eaton. 
Tringa canutus. Knot. One, in immature plumage, shot at 
Newark-on-Trent, on Jan. zoth, 1891. 
Calidris arenaria. Sanderling. Two or three were seen every 
morning from July 2oth, 1891, until August 19th, at a pool near 
Gringley Wood. On one occasion only was one seen in the 
evening. 
Machetes pugnax. Ruff. On October 14th, 1891, Mr. Cor- 
deaux saw about a dozen—truff and reeve—fiying to and fro, 
over a partly flooded meadow near Eaton. 
Totanus hypoleucus. Common Sandpiper. April 3oth, 1892. 
One, at a stream between Sturton and Bole. July roth. 
One, flying about Clumber Lake. 
Tae 
March 1893. 
