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  with 
  others, 
  about 
  two 
  hundred 
  and 
  fifty 
  yards 
  from 
  the 
  house, 
  on 
  a 
  

   bank 
  on 
  the 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  Deer-paddock 
  here. 
  — 
  J. 
  Whitaker 
  (Rainworth, 
  

   Notts). 
  

  

  Gadwall 
  in 
  Hants. 
  — 
  It 
  may 
  interest 
  Mr. 
  G. 
  B. 
  Corbin 
  and 
  others 
  

   who 
  study 
  Hampshire 
  ornithology 
  to 
  know 
  that 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  pinioned 
  

   Gadwall 
  have 
  been 
  turned 
  out 
  on 
  the 
  Beaulieu 
  Manor, 
  in 
  the 
  hope 
  

   that 
  these 
  birds 
  may 
  become 
  established 
  in 
  the 
  county 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  way 
  

   that 
  has 
  been 
  done 
  in 
  Norfolk. 
  I 
  trust 
  that 
  sportsmen 
  on 
  the 
  neigh- 
  

   bouring 
  estates 
  will 
  give 
  them 
  a 
  chance. 
  When 
  once 
  seen 
  they 
  are 
  

   easily 
  recognized 
  on 
  the 
  wing 
  even 
  at 
  some 
  distance, 
  and, 
  if 
  flushed 
  

   close 
  by, 
  the 
  white 
  speculum 
  is 
  unmistakable. 
  — 
  Heatley 
  Noble 
  (Temple 
  

   Combe, 
  Henley-on-Thames). 
  

  

  Kentish 
  Plover 
  (jEgialitis 
  cantiana) 
  at 
  Rainworth. 
  — 
  On 
  April 
  13th 
  

   my 
  son 
  saw 
  a 
  small 
  Plover 
  running 
  about 
  in 
  a 
  young 
  wheat-field 
  on 
  

   the 
  side 
  of 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  ponds 
  here, 
  and 
  on 
  getting 
  up 
  to 
  it 
  under 
  the 
  

   cover 
  of 
  a 
  hedge 
  — 
  which 
  he 
  did 
  within 
  fifteen 
  yards 
  — 
  and 
  focusing 
  his 
  

   glasses 
  on 
  it, 
  found 
  it 
  was 
  a 
  bird 
  of 
  this 
  species, 
  and, 
  having 
  seen 
  many 
  

   of 
  them 
  when 
  nesting 
  in 
  Holland, 
  there 
  was 
  no 
  possible 
  mistake. 
  The 
  

   bird 
  then 
  flew 
  a 
  short 
  distance, 
  uttering 
  its 
  call, 
  which 
  is 
  quite 
  different 
  

   to 
  the 
  Ringed 
  Plover. 
  It 
  settled 
  again, 
  and 
  began 
  to 
  look 
  for 
  food. 
  He 
  

   watched 
  it 
  for 
  some 
  time. 
  Again 
  later 
  in 
  the 
  day 
  he 
  saw 
  it, 
  and 
  was 
  

   for 
  many 
  minutes 
  within 
  easy 
  distance 
  ; 
  so 
  he 
  had 
  every 
  opportunity 
  

   of 
  being 
  quite 
  certain 
  about 
  it. 
  This 
  is 
  a 
  new 
  species 
  for 
  Notts, 
  and 
  

   it 
  is 
  rather 
  remarkable 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  able 
  to 
  add 
  a 
  new 
  bird 
  and 
  a 
  new 
  

   animal 
  in 
  one 
  week, 
  but 
  here 
  someone 
  is 
  always 
  on 
  the 
  look-out. 
  — 
  

   J. 
  Whitaker 
  (Rainworth, 
  Notts). 
  

  

  Little 
  Gull 
  (Larus 
  minutus) 
  on 
  the 
  Mersey. 
  — 
  On 
  Dec. 
  16th, 
  1903, 
  

   my 
  friend 
  the 
  Rev. 
  W. 
  B. 
  Tracy 
  noticed 
  a 
  single 
  Little 
  Gull 
  in 
  winter 
  

   plumage 
  amongst 
  other 
  Gulls 
  around 
  the 
  Conway. 
  — 
  F. 
  C. 
  R. 
  Jourdain 
  

   (Clifton 
  Vicarage, 
  Ashburne, 
  Derbyshire). 
  

  

  Great 
  Crested 
  Grebe 
  in 
  Richmond 
  Park. 
  — 
  -A 
  pair 
  of 
  Podicipes 
  

   crittatus, 
  which 
  I 
  believe 
  have 
  nested 
  on 
  the 
  Penn 
  Ponds, 
  Richmond 
  

   Park, 
  for 
  the 
  last 
  few 
  years, 
  have 
  arrived 
  again 
  this 
  spring. 
  I 
  first 
  

   noticed 
  them 
  on 
  the 
  17th 
  of 
  this 
  month 
  (April). 
  One 
  of 
  the 
  birds 
  is 
  in 
  

   full 
  summer 
  plumage, 
  the 
  other 
  is 
  still 
  in 
  winter 
  dress. 
  On 
  March 
  

   27th 
  I 
  noticed 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  Scaup 
  and 
  Pochards 
  on 
  the 
  Penn 
  Ponds, 
  

   but 
  they 
  have 
  now 
  left. 
  I 
  heard 
  the 
  Wryneck 
  in 
  Richmond 
  Park 
  on 
  

   the 
  17th 
  for 
  the 
  first 
  time 
  this 
  year. 
  — 
  Gordon 
  Dalgliesh 
  (29, 
  Larkfield 
  

   Road, 
  Richmond, 
  Surrey). 
  

   Zool. 
  4th 
  ser. 
  vol. 
  VIII., 
  May, 
  1904. 
  Q 
  

  

  