548 THE BIRDS OF YORKSHIRE. 



lygy ; whilst the only other county specimen was noted by 

 the late J. Cordeaux in the Naturalist (1893, p. 203), where 

 the recorder stated that he saw, at the house of a Flamborough 

 fisherman, a Crane obtained by John Huddleston, farmer, 

 Flamborough, from a field near his house, in the last week 

 of February 1892, It had been set up by Jones of Bridlington, 

 and was a yoimg bird of the previous year ; it had feathers 

 but no red patch on the crown, and the hind plumes were short. 



In the second edition of Mitchell's " Birds of Lancashire " 

 (p. 206), Mr. R. J. Howard of Blackburn mentions the occur- 

 rence of two birds of this species seen with the naked eye, 

 and also through a glass, by Mr. R. Milne Redhead, F.L.S., 

 of Bolton-by-Bowland, at 4 p.m. on 25th August 1884. They 

 were flying in the direction of the Lancashire border, their 

 course being WNW. to SSE. Mr. Milne Redhead is perfectly 

 familiar with the appearance of the bird, having often seen 

 it in Germany and other places on the Continent, (cf. Zool. 

 1884, p. 470.) 



An example in the York Museum is labelled " Adult, 

 Strickland Collection, probably local," but no further informa- 

 tion concerning its origin is now obtainable. 



The place-name Cranswick (Craneswick), near Driffield, 

 probably had its origin in its associations with the Crane, 

 the neighbourhood in former days being eminently suited to 

 this bird's habits. 



GREAT BUSTARD. 

 Otis tarda (Z.). 



Accidental visitant from Continental Europe, of extremely rare 

 occurrence ; formerly resident in great numbers on the Wolds of 

 eastern Yorkshire, when in their virgin state as undulating barren 

 sheepwalks. 



The only reference of early date to this bird is in the 

 Earl of Northumberland's regulations, in 1512, for his " Castles 



