of Leeds and its Vicinity. 38/ 



has frequently been observed in the neighbourhood of light- 

 houses. We have no buildings of this nature, but the large 

 fires kept constantly burning at some of the iron works, pot- 

 teries, and glass-houses, &c, such as those of Low Moor, 

 Bowling, Kirkstall, &c, act in a similar way upon birds 

 passing from the north and east to the west coast. The fires 

 from the first have been seen as far distant as the Wolds, 

 nearly forty miles. As the occurrence of one bird in parti- 

 cular, mentioned in this list, may be questioned from its ex- 

 treme rarity (Cursorius isabellinus), I have only to observe, 

 that I did not see the specimen myself, but I have seen a most 

 accurate and highly finished drawing taken from the bird, 

 which was in such a mutilated state when it came into the 

 possession of my friend George Walker, Esq. as to render its 

 preservation impossible, having been killed several days ; but 

 from his sound practical knowledge as a naturalist, and his abi- 

 lities as an artist, which are well known in this neighbourhood, 

 there cannot remain the least doubt as to the authenticity 

 of the species. I may add, that its peculiar habit of running, 

 and now and then taking short flights, struck the person who 

 shot it (who however was no ornithologist) as something new, 

 and its beak again being different from the Plovers, for which 

 he at first mistook it, caused him to keep it. 



Raptores. 



Aquila Chrysaetos. But one instance of this bird has occurred, 



which was a specimen shot in Stockeld Park, near Wetherby, 



Nov. 29, 1804. 

 Pandion Haliaetus. A single specimen shot in Stainland Dean, near 



Halifax, a few years since ; another occurred at Farnley in 1 833 ; 



two or three others have been found a few miles beyond our 



limits. 

 Falco peregrinus. Rare. Tadcaster and Craven. 

 Falco Subbuteo. Rare. Halifax, Barden, and Bolton. 



jEsalon. Rare, Allerton Park. 



Tinnunculus . Not uncommon. Killingbeck, Swillington. 



Accipiter fringillarius . Common. Halifax, Swillington, Killingbeck. 

 Milvus Ictinus. Rare. Occasionally near Halifax ; probably more 



plentiful formerly, as the name of a gentleman's seat near Leeds 



would lead us to suppose. Gledhow, i. e. Glead ? 



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