REDSHANK. 633 



occurred at Tadcaster in October 1858, the authorities quoted 

 being Sir Wm. Mihier {Zool. 1858, p. 5958), and Graham 

 {Nat. 1858, p. 91). On examining these references, I find that 

 Sir W. Mihier stated the bird was obtained at Misson in 

 Yorkshire, This place is in reaHty in Nottinghamshire, so 

 that the species must be removed from the Yorkshire list. 

 (See also Waite, Nat. 1891, p. 107.) 



The figure and description given in Yarrell's " British 

 Birds " were taken from this specimen, which is now in the 

 Leeds Museum. 



With regard to Graham's note, Mr. Howard Saunders, 

 in the fourth edition of Yarrell's " British Birds " (p. 481) 

 remarks, " Another example was stated by Graham of York 

 [reference quoted], without a particle of substantiating 

 evidence, to have been obtained near Tadcaster."] 



REDSHANK. 

 Tetanus calidris {L.). 



Resident, local, increasing in numbers ; also a common autumn 

 migrant, many remaining throughout winter. 



Historically considered, the Redshank can claim ancestry 

 of great antiquity in Yorkshire, for it is mentioned in the 

 Northumberland Household Book, commenced in 1512, 

 at Earl Percy's Yorkshire Castles, where, amongst the birds 

 to be bought for " my Lordes owne Mees," it appears as 

 " Redeshankes after id. ob. (lid.) the pece." 



Thomas Allis wrote in 1844 : — 



Totanus calidris. — Common Redshank — Breeds near Doncaster, 

 also at Strensall Common, near York ; rare at Sheffield, but common 

 on Thorne Moor ; rare near Leeds ; rare near Huddersfield ; A. 

 Strickland says that some years ago it used to breed near the stream* 

 at Driffield, but has not done so of late years. 



It is satisfactory to find that within the past few years the 

 Redshank has prospered in Yorkshire, having established itself 



