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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



AVE S. 



The Reported Great Bustard in Yorkshire. — In ' The Zoologist ' 

 {ante, p. 78) it is stated by Mr. Morley, under the head of " Orni- 

 thological Notes from Scarborough," that a Great Bustard had been 

 shot near Cloughton last December. Some of the feathers of the 

 bird were sent to me, and it was easy to see that it had been no 

 Bustard but a female Silver Pheasant. Although I had no doubt 

 myself on the subject, I sent on the feathers to the Natural History 

 Museum, where my opinion was confirmed. I saw a letter from 

 Mr. Bennett, in which he spoke of the legs and feet and the space 

 round the eye being of a bright red. — W. H. St. Quintin (Scampston 

 Hall, Rillington, York). 



Nottinghamshire Bird Notes. — The following recent occurrences 

 in the county of Nottingham are of sufficient interest to be placed on 

 record : — 



Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopus major). — One speci- 

 men at Calverton, March, 1908. 



Tawny Owl (Syrnium aluco). — One at Eastwood, December, 

 1907. 



Little Owl (Athene noctua). — One at Widmerpool, Dec. 10th, 

 March, 1907 ; one in the Trent meadows opposite Clifton Grove, 

 14th, 1908. 



Rough-legged Buzzard (Buteo lagopus). — One shot near Bing- 

 ham, 1907. 



Pink-footed Goose (Anser brachyrhynchus). — A pair were shot 

 in the meadows by the Trent at Gunthorpe on Dec. 26th, 1907. 

 There is only one previous record of the occurrence of this rare bird 

 in the county. 



Shoveler Duck (Spatula clypeata). — One on the pool near Trent 

 Bridge, Nottingham, August, 1908. 



Ruff (Machetes pugnax). — One shot at Colwick, December, 1907. 



Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica). — One at Hoveringham, 

 on the Trent, Jan. 2nd, 1909. 



All these specimens have been acquired for the local collection of 

 birds in the Natural History Museum at University College, Notting- 

 ham. — J. W. Carr (University College, Nottingham). 

 Zool ith ser vol. XIII., March, 1909. K 



