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but it is quite probable it may occasionally be overlooked 

 amongst the flocks of Little Stints which visit us periodically. 



In addition to the example recorded from Scarborough, 

 it has been reported from near Hull (Yarrell, 1843, ii. p. 648). 



The late W. W. Boulton examined a specimen obtained 

 at Bridlington in 1864 (" Birds of Humber District," 1872, 



p. 137)- 



One in the possession of Mr. S. L. Mosley of Huddersfield 

 was, as I am informed, taken in that district. 



Mr. F. Boyes states that in August 1887 one occurred on 

 the river Ouse, and is now in the Hull Museum. 



And on 15th September, in the same year, three were 

 seen, and one killed, at Spurn (Ninth Migration Report, p. 32). 



CUIR'LEW SANDPIPER 

 Tringa subarquata (Guldenstadt). 



Bird of passage on the coast ; not uncommon in some years. A 

 rare straggler inland. 



Probably the earliest notice of the Curlew Sandpiper in 

 Yorkshire is in Leyland's Halifax Catalogue (1828), where 

 it is stated to be " very rare near Halifax." 



Thomas Allis, in 1844, wrote : — 



Tringa subarquata. — Pigmy Curlew — F. O. Morris says this bird 

 was killed in great numbers by G. Rudd, Esq., and several were killed 

 near Hull. H. Denny reports it as very rare near Leeds ; it has been 

 met with occasionally near York, though by no means frequent. Dr. 

 Farrar informs me that he has occasionally had a few scattered 

 specimens, they were invariably with the Common Sandpiper on 

 banks and sides of the fresh water reservoirs. Arthur Strickland has 

 known it killed near Bridlington, but it is of rare occurrence. 



The Curlew Sandpiper, or Pigmy Curlew as it is some- 

 times called, is a bird of double passage, occurring rarely 

 in spring on its journey northward to its breeding quarters, 

 and in greatly varying numbers on the southward migration 

 in autumn ; in some years it is scarce or altogether absent, 



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