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and both he and I distinctly saw another (or the same bird) at 

 Ashburne in the afternoon of the same day. Previous latest 

 records: — Sept. 1st, 1885; Sept. 4th, 1887 (one) ; and Sept. 

 3rd, 1905 (one). 



Nightjar, Gapnmulgus europceus, L. — Mr. G. Pullen found 

 these birds breeding on Breadsall Moor in 1906 and 1907, and 

 Mr. C. H. Wells found a nest with two eggs in a fir-wood near 

 Ambergate on June 8th, 1908. 



Cuckoo, Cucidus canorus, L. — Mr. T. Kumney informs me 

 that a Cuckoo's egg was found in a Willow-Warbler's nest at 

 Kepton in 1908. Though not an uncommon foster-parent, I 

 have no previous record of this species for the county. 



Tawny Owl, Syrnium aluco (L.). — Mr. C. H. Wells found a 

 Tawny Owl incubating three eggs on a ledge of rocky cliff in 

 Dovedale on April 17th, 1908. One of the eggs was not covered, 

 and showed up, white and conspicuous. A second nest found by 

 Mr. Wells not far from Ambergate was in a similar situation, 

 but contained only one egg on April 19th, though three more 

 were subsequently laid. All the other nests found in this district 

 (where the Tawny Owl is by no means uncommon) have been 

 placed either in holes of trees or on rude platforms naturally 

 formed by the accumulation of rubbish between boughs, or in 

 old Books' nests. Four eggs is also an unusually large clutch 

 for a Derbyshire bird, but a ne3t found at Mapleton on March 

 26th, 1908, also contained this number. 



Little Owl, Athene noctua (Scop.). — One clearly identified 

 by Messrs. H. G. and A. G. Tomlinson while sitting in a privet- 

 bush in a wood close to Mr. Tomlinson's house at Burton-on- 

 Trent on Nov. 5th, 1906. 



Rough-legged Buzzard, Buteo lagopus (Gm.). — One seen at 

 Ashford-in-the-Water, Feb. 13th, 1907 (W. Boulsover). 



Honey-Buzzard, Pernis apivorus (L.). — A considerable im- 

 migration of these fine birds must have taken place in the 

 autumn of 1908. A " Golden Eagle " was reported in the local 

 papers to have been seen near Dovedale on Aug. 22nd, while on 

 Sept. 2nd Mr. J. Henderson, Jun., caught a glimpse of two 

 Buzzards (sp. ?) soaring near Ashburne, and on Sept. 10th a 

 very dark Honey-Buzzard was received for preservation at Ash- 

 burne, which had been shot at Osmaston, probably on the 



