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east ; he has also reported it in September, and again when 

 the Woodcock make their appearance in October and 

 November. 



As it is mainly confined to the coast-line, its distribution 

 may best be defined as limited to that area ; it is not recorded 

 from the Yorkshire side of the Teesmouth, but Mr. C, Milburn 

 shewed me an immature male example which he shot on the 

 north bank of the river on 28th October 1903 ; it has twice 

 been reported at Loftus-in-Cleveland — once in winter, and 

 once in spring — {Nat. 1899, p. 132) ; at Scarborough it has 

 occurred at intervals : several were on the rocks at low tide 

 in autumn 1879 > on Christmas Day, 1888, one was shot in 

 Cayton Bay ; on 12th December 1899, one was seen on the 

 sill of a window at the Alexandra Hotel, and another was 

 observed in September 1903. Further south it has been 

 recorded from Filey in October 1853 ; from Flamborough there 

 have been frequent records since 1878 — when some were noted 

 on the 17th April — down to the present time ; in 1891 they 

 were first seen on the 6th April, and on May lotli and nth 

 there was a great " rush," described as " something astonish- 

 ing " {op. cit. 1891, p. 82 ; Zool. 1893, p. 224) ; at Spurn also, 

 there have been many instances of its occurrence, both in 

 spring and autumn, too numerous to mention in detail ; 

 Mr. W. Eagle Clarke obtained an exanii)le in October 1883, and 

 it may probably be a regular visitant, though overlooked 

 amongst the crowds of small bii^ds which are in movement 

 at the migration seasons. 



Inland it is extremely rare, but has been recorded from the 

 neighbourhood of Leeds, at Osmondthorpe in 1843 (Allis), 

 also at Bingley in May 1877 (Varley MS.). 



