6o8 THE BIRDS OF YORKSHIRE, 



One at Filey is recorded by the Rev. F. O. Morris (" British 

 Birds," 1854, iv. p. 316). 



On 2nd October 1888, Mr. T. W. Pool of Hull procured 

 one of two, supposed to be of the same species, on the coast 

 near Kilnsea, and left it with Mr. P. Loten of Easington to 

 be preserved. The skin was forwarded to the late J. Cordeaux 

 for identification, with the information that it was a male 

 (Nat. 1888, p. 354 ; and Zool. 1891, p. 366). This specimen 

 is now in the possession of Mr. Riley Fortune, and was figured 

 by the late Lord Lilford in his magnificent work on British 

 Birds (Vol. v. PI. 31). 



At Bridlington one was shot on 15th August 1891, and 

 has been submitted to me for examination by its owner, 

 Mr. S. Smith of York. 



Lastly, a very fine adult male example, in summer plumage, 

 was obtained by Dr. Steward of Harrogate, on 28th September 

 1897, at Easington, near Spurn, and was seen shortly after- 

 wards by Messrs. H. Saunders, W. Eagle Clarke, and J. 

 Cordeaux. The irides were dark coloured, and the legs 

 and feet ochreous yellow. This individual is now in the 

 Royal Scottish Museum. 



DUNLIN. 

 Tringa alpina (L.). 



Resident, breeding in limited numbers, and irregularly, on the 

 fells of the west and north-west, and sparingly on the Tees marshes. 

 Very abundant as a winter visitant to the coast, particularly at the 

 Tees and Humber estuaries, arriving in August and September, and 

 departing in April and May. A few non-breeding birds remain through- 

 out the summer. 



The earliest allusion to this in Yorkshire is in the 

 Northumberland Household Book, begun in 1512. In the 

 list of birds to be provided for " my Lordes owne Mees " 

 is found " Styntes so they be after 6 a id." ; and later, amongst 

 the provisions at the marriage feast of Sir John Neville's 



