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THE ZOOLOGIST. 



the following day on Calton pastures (a late date for this species). 

 Mr. A. Cox also records this bird in winter plumage from 

 Spondon in March, '1908. 



Hekring-Gull, L. argentatus, Gmel.— One seen at Derby on 

 April 13th, 1908 (A. Cox). 



LjESSER Black-backed Gull, L.fuscus, L. — A flock of fifteen 

 flew over Clifton on Aug. 11th, 1907, and, curiously enough, on 

 Aug. 11th, 1908, about twelve were again seen near Clifton, and 

 on the following day I again saw eight large Gulls in the dis- 

 tance, which were either this or the preceding species. 



Little Auk, Mergulas alle (L.). — One was picked up dead on 

 the ice at Sudbury Pond on Nov. 29th, 1904, by Mr. J. Bottrell, 

 who has the bird still in his possession. 



Great Crested Grebe, Podicipes cristatus (L.). — Two pairs 

 of these fine birds breed annually on the ponds at Osmaston, and 

 in 1907 a pair bred for the first time on the pond at Yeldersley. 

 A pair or two also nest at Sudbury. 



Manx Shearwater, Puffinus anglorum (Temm.). — One was 

 captured alive in a bakehouse at Alvaston, near Derby, after the 

 gale of Sept. 8th, 1908, where it had taken refuge. This is the 

 thirteenth record of this species for the county, and it is inter- 

 esting to note that in almost every case of which we have details 

 the bird was obtained on the September migration. 



