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head-keeper, in February 1847, i^ ^ ploughed field near the 

 hamlet of Milford-cum-Kirby, in the parish of Kirby.' My 

 impression is that it was brought in the flesh to Sir Wm. 

 Milner." — F. H. Foljambe. To this letter the Editor quoted 

 Sir W. Milner's account {Zool. 1847, p. 1694) as to the bird 

 being killed on 22nd December 1846 {Field, 28th November 



1885). 



In the following week another important communication 

 was published : — 



" Referring to Mr. Foljambe's letter .... concerning 

 the specimen said to have been obtained in Yorkshire, I may 

 state that my brother (Rev. W. Garwood of Staveley, Yorks.) 

 writes me that he remembers, in his e^g collecting days, 

 seeing this identical bird in the flesh at Mr. Graham's shop 

 when it was in Spurriergate, York." (C.R.G[arwood], Acomb, 

 York. Field, 5th December 1885.) 



The discrepancy (as regards locality) in the account given 

 by Sir W. Milner and that by Mr. Hy. Milner, quoted above, 

 is not so great as may appear, the actual place, Milford, being 

 " near Tadcaster." and, as Messrs. Foljambe and Garwood 

 are both of opinion that the bird was seen in the flesh, the 

 evidence in favour of its being a Yorkshire species seems to 

 be conclusive. 



Mr. Howard Saunders, who has seen the specimen, pro- 

 nounced it to be in the winter plumage {Field, February 1875, 

 p. 196). 



LITTLE GULL. 



Larus minutus {Pallas). 



Autumn and winter visitant, irregular in numbers. 



This bird nests on the swamps and lakes of Russia, and 

 migrates in winter to the coasts of the Mediterranean and 

 the shores of north Africa. 



The first known allusion to it in Yorkshire is, probably, 



