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it was afterwards in Mr. E. Thompson's possession, and is 

 now in the collection of Mr. J. Whitaker of Rainworth Lodge. 

 A paragraph in the Naturalist (1890, p. 210), stating that 

 a Little Bittern from the collection of Mr. J. Whitaker, obtained 

 at Scalby Beck, i6th May 1866, was sold at Stevens' rooms 

 on 22nd May 1890, is incorrect. Mr. Whitaker informs me 

 that the individual reported in 1879 is the only one he ever 

 possessed. 



This is the same as recorded by Mr. E. V. Thompson in 

 " Land and Water," 27th December 1879, " shot off Filey 

 Brigg." 



A male specimen, caught alive on the Dutch River bank, 

 near Goole, on 23rd September 1881, was in Mr. W. Eagle 

 Clarke's collection, and was recorded by Mr. Thomas Bunker 

 in the Naturalist (1881, p. 66). 



In Teesdale, Mr. W. Walton informs me of one at Mickleton 

 in 1885. 



In 1892 an example was procured at Sandal, near Wake- 

 field, as reported by Mr. Joseph Morley of Scarborough. 



Mr. George Steels of Pocklington states (MS.), that one, 

 killed during very hard weather, within two miles of that 

 town, was brought to him for preservation in 1895. 

 [i Mr. Gerald Heaton reports {in. litt. 1903), that he picked 

 up the remains of a Little Bittern on 7th January 1902, 

 about two miles south of Scarborough. The body had been 

 eaten by vermin, but sufficient remained to enable him to 

 identify the species. 



Information concerning the following specimens is in- 

 complete : — 



Hunslet, near Leeds, one captured and taken alive to 

 Mr. J. J. Armistead. 



Harewood Bridge, one, J. Tennant (MS.) ; both these 

 were prior to 1881. 



Redcar, one from the late C. C. Oxley's collection, probably 

 taken in the locality, now in the possession of Mr. Thomas 

 Watson of Redcar. 



One on the river Hull, near Watton Beck, " some years 

 ago " (F. Boyes MS.). 



