404 THE BIRDS OF YORKSHIRE. 



on the Trent ; two supposed to belong to it were shot near Bawtry ; 

 Dr. Farrar informs me that, in March 1 831, he observed this bird (though 

 at the time ignorant of its species from the height of its flight) winging 

 his course from the east in a westerly direction, and next morning the 

 bird was shot at Bretton Park, the residence of T. W. Beaumont, Esq., 

 where it was standing in the shallow bed of the water, looking out for 

 food. Arthur Strickland says " We have had several instances of this 

 bird straying over from the Continent ; one, formerly in my collection, 

 was killed on the sea shore near Skipsea." In 1830 a small flock appeared 

 on a piece of water at Keelby Common in Lincolnshire. 



This species is a rare casual visitant from the European 

 Continent, the instances of its occurrence in Yorkshire, as 

 at present known, being twelve in number. 



The first is that mentioned by C. Fothergill in 1798 (see 

 above). 



At Bawtry one was obtained about 1825, and was men- 

 tioned in Allis's Report, as also was another example in March 

 1831, at Bretton Park, Barnsley, the residence of Mr. T. W. 

 Beaumont, where it was noticed standing in a shallow bed 

 of the water. 



A third instance was reported by the same recorder on 

 the sea shore at Skipsea, the specimen being acquired by A. 

 Strickland. 



At Wansford, near Driffield, the Rev. F. 0. Morris stated 

 {Zool. 1846, p. 1501), that one was seen in the spring of 1846 

 by Messrs. Fife and Reynard, who informed him of the 

 circumstance. 



A fine male was taken on i8th May 1848, on Lord Wenlock's 

 property near Riccal, and came into the hands of D. Graham 

 of York, who preserved it ; the occurrence was reported {op. 

 cit. 1848, p. 2191), by Sir W. Milner, whose collection, con- 

 taining the specimen under notice, is now in the Leeds Museum. 



One was killed, about the year 1855, on a tall fir tree in the 

 village of Great Ayton in Cleveland, and is now in the Museum 

 attached to the Friends' School there. 



At Barmston, near Bridlington, Mr. John Harland obtained 

 one on i8th September 1856, which is in the collection of the 

 late E. Tindall, now deposited in the Scarborough Museum. 



On 25th September 1869, a White Stork was seen flying 



