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round Easington Church, where it was shot at and its leg 

 broken. It was afterwards killed near Withernsea by Mr. 

 Crawforth, and preserved by Mr. Philip Loten of Easington. 

 The specimen, which is in mature plumage, is now in the 

 Hull Museum. 



In the Burton Agnes collection, formed by the late Sir 

 Hy. Boynton, is a female example, captured at Carnaby, 

 on nth May 1878, by Mr. H. P. Robinson. 



One was found floating dead in the sea near Peasholme, 

 Scarborough, on 8th April 1888. It proved to be in mature 

 plumage, but was too far decomposed for preservation (R. P. 

 Harper, op. cit. 1888, p. 269 ; and W. Eagle Clarke, Nat. 1888, 

 p. 169). The skull of this specimen is in the Museum of the 

 York Philosophical Society. 



Lastly, at Mappleton, near Hornsea, one was shot from a 

 chimney by Mr. T. Ake, and was preserved by Mr. Darley 

 of Hull. Its last meal had been two water voles. This 

 specimen, which became the property of Mr. Haworth-Booth 

 of Rowleston Hall, measured six feet eight inches across the 

 wings and weighed eight pounds. 



BLACK STORK. 



Ciconia nigra (Z). 



Accidental visitant from Continental Europe, of extremely rare 

 occurrence. 



The occurrences of this accidental visitant from the Euro- 

 pean Continent are but two in number ; one in Bretton Park, 

 Huddersfield, in March 1836, as noted by Mr. S. L. Mosley 

 in his " List of Huddersfield Birds " ; and the other on 

 Market Weighton Common on 29th October 1852, recorded 

 by B. R. Morris in the Naturalist (1853, p. 19). The last 

 named specimen was purchased by the York Philosophical 

 Society, and is now in their Museum. 



