474 THE BIRDS OF YORKSHIRE. 



Doncaster and near York. One was reported at Nun Appleton 

 in December 1869 ; at Riccal, Driffield, and Cawood it is 

 noted, also on the Derwent at East Cottingwith and Thicket 

 Priory ; Mr. A. Crabtree records one at Sowerby Bridge in 

 1886 ; it has been taken at Wilstrop by the late John 

 Harrison ; Mr. R. Foster saw two at KiUinghall in December 

 1883 ; it has occurred two or three times on Hornsea Mere ; 

 Scampston and Bessingby are localities where it is recorded, 

 and, in October 1882, on a flooded meadow at Kilnsea, the late 

 J. Cordeaux shot one which had been feeding on small red 

 worms. 



The local names are Swallow-tail'd Sheldrake (Willughby, 

 1678) ; in the Ea.st Riding it is sometimes called Sea Pheasant, 

 while it is known as Go-West at Redcar. 



HARLEQUIN DUCK. 



Cosmonetta histrionica (/.). 



Accidental visitant from Northern Europe, Asia, and America, of 

 extremely rare occurrence. 



The Harlequin Duck, which is a circumpolar species, is 



only an accidental visitant to this country. 



Thomas Allis, 1844, wrote : — 



Clangtila histrionica. — Harlequin Duck. — Hugh Reid says "A female 

 of this species was shot in the river Don a little above Doncaster, by 

 the late Mr. Cartmell, and was sold by me to Mr. N. E. Strickland." 

 A. Strickland has never met with it in this country. 



The first Yorkshire specimen is that mentioned by Ahis, 

 though Mr. J. H. Gurney (" Rambles of a Naturalist," p. 263), 

 considers it of doubtful authenticity. 



A young male, now in the collection of Mr. J. Whitaker 

 of Rainworth Lodge, was purcha.sed by him from the late 

 Alfred Roberts of Scarborough, who procured it about 1862, 

 at Filey, from some fishermen who informed him they ha.d 

 foimd it washed up on the beach {Zool. 1878, p. 135). 



