go BUTTRESS : ORNITHOLOGICAL NOTES FROM NORTH NOTTS. 
Totanus ochropus. Green Sandpiper. On Sept. 26th, 1891, 
an immature female was shot at a pond, near Grove. Oct. 18th, 
1892. N.E. One, near Retford. 
Totanus calidris. Redshank. On March 16th, 1892, 
Mr. Cordeaux wrote that there were three pairs in a meadow by 
the river at Eaton, very noisy ; and on April 2nd we counted 
about twelve pairs in the same place. By May atst, it was 
evident by the flight and call-notes of the birds, that there were 
young about. June 21st. I heard some calling this evening 
by the river 
Totanus canescens. Greenshank. On the evening of June 
goth, 1891, one rose from a pond near Gringley Wood, and 
flew down to the moat at Grove. 
Numenius arquata. Curlew. August 21st, 1891. Five 
flying over at Grove. September 3rd. Six more passing over 
S.W. August 1st, 1892. At 5 a.m. a flock of fourteen passed 
over at Grove. About September 8th, Mr. Cordeaux saw ten 
passing at Eaton, and on September gth five passed S. at 
arove. 
Hydrochelidon nigra. Black Tern. August 27th, 1891. 
Two settled at a pond here this afternoon. 
Larus marinus. Great Black-backed Gull. September 
roth, 1891, sixteen passing here, seven in immature plumage. 
January 24th, 1892, fourteen passed over near Grove Moor, 
amongst them several immature birds. 
Rissa tridactyla. Kittiwake. July 12th, 1891, one flying 
over near Gringley Wood. December 24th, one on the river 
at Eaton. 
Mergulus alle. Little Auk. One was shot on the Forest, 
a few miles from Retford, on January 12th, 1891 (Zoologist, 
1891, p. 194). 
Podiceps cristatus. Great Crested Grebe. On September 
3rd, 1892, an immature specimen, with striped cheeks and 
neck, was obtained near Babworth 
Puffinus anglorum. Manx Shearwater. In the first week 
in September, 1891, one was caught alive by a collie dog, 
at Treswell (Zool., 1891, p. 428). On September roth, 1892, 
another was caught alive, at Belmoor, near Sutton, and brought 
in a basket to Retford, where it was killed and preserved. It 
seemed very lively, biting when a hand was brought near it. 
Procellaria pelagica. Storm-petrel. November icth, 1892. 
About this date one was obtained near Worksop, where it was 
preserved. ae 
Naturalist, 
