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remember the Pied Wagtails which lived so long in the Aviary at the end 

 of the Fish House. — Ed.] 



Young of Red-necked Grebe on the Kingsbridge Estuary in July.— 

 An immature bird of this species, Podicijjesrubricollis, was observed during 

 the month of July haunting the vicinity of the new bridge, in company 

 with a flock of tame ducks ; much to my regret, it was shot on August 1st, 

 and brought to me. The specimen shows the peculiar black and white 

 stripes about the face and cervical region, whilst the lower neck and upper 

 part of the breast are of a warm chestnut colour. I am much inclined to 

 believe this bird was bred in the neighbouring Slapton Ley, though it has 

 been hitherto said never to have bred in Great Britain. — Edmund A. S. 

 Elliott (Kingsbridge, Devon). 



Birds of Derbyshire. — I venture to appeal to the readers of ' The 

 Zoologist' for notes respecting Derbyshire birds in general. A reference 

 to the current journals on Natural History will show the very scanty 

 material contributed respecting the county at the present day. Information, 

 especially concerning local specimens in museums and collections, is greatly 

 desired. Lists of the commonest species would be welcome, as well as the 

 reference to old works on Derbyshire containing any information referring 

 to the avifauna of the county. Local lists, especially relating to water-fowl, 

 from the country north of Chesterfield, and on the Cheshire border in the 

 north and north-west, would be especially welcome, and would be duly 

 acknowledged. — F. B. Whitlock (Beeston, Notts). 



[The following works should be consulted: — Leigh, Nat. Hist. Lanca- 

 shire, Cheshire, and the Peak in Derbyshire, folio, 1700. Glover, Sketch 

 of the Zoology of Derbyshire (Birds), in Hist. Co. Derby, 1829, vol. i. 

 pp. 139 — 166. Briggs, Birds of Melbourne, Derbyshire, * Zoologist,' 1849 

 and 1850 (several articles). Pullea, Birds of Derby and Neighbourhood, 

 in ' The Young Naturalist,' vol. v. pp. 30—34, published at Hartlepool, 

 1884. Whitlock, Birds of Derbyshire Peak, ' Naturalist,' 1886, pp. 130— 

 132. Perhaps some of our readers may be able to supply other references 

 that may be useful. — Ed.] 



Cuckoo in Grey Wagtail's Nest. — In Messrs. D'Urban and Mathews 

 recently published 'Birds of Devon,' will be found an account (p. 40) of a 

 pair of Grey Wagtails nesting in the wall of the town reservoir at Kings- 

 bridge for several years until the spiing of 1890, when they were ousted by 

 a pair of Pied Wagtails. In the spring of 1891 a pair of Grey Wagtails 

 frequented the precincts of the reservoir for some days, but as the Pied 

 Wagtails had already possession of their favourite hole, the former leit. This 

 year a pair of Grey Wagtails again appeared rather late in the season, and 

 commenced to build in a hole in the opposite wall of the reservoir to the 

 original nesting-place, and had the bad luck to attract the attention of a 





