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S. Bell obtained two young birds in the Castle Holmes, Scar- 

 borough, in the year i860 or 1861, but he (Mr. Bell) only 

 succeeded in preserving one of them, owing to their being 

 so very fat. 



The late J. Varley, of Almondbury, near Huddersfield, 

 reported in 1879 that when he was a bird-nester he saw two 

 Woodchats brought in to be preserved by a bird-stuffer. 



An adult male, shot at Hackness, near Scarborough, in 

 June 1881, is in the collection of Mr. R. Chase of Birmingham 

 {Zool. 1892, p. 347). 



The late J. Cordeaux mentioned (Nat. 1897, p. 15), that 

 the late H. B. Hewetson informed him that he saw two at 

 Easington, near Spurn, on 8th September 1896. Mr. Cor- 

 deaux added that his informant knew the bird well, having 

 frequently seen it in Morocco. 



And the latest information with reference to this species 

 is imparted by Mr. C. G. Danford of Reighton Hall, who 

 informed me on 28th May 1903, that on the 9th of that month, 

 when on the middle clif^ at Reighton, he distinctly saw a 

 male Woodchat alight on a furze bush within a few yards 

 of where he was sitting, and he watched it at close quarters 

 for some minutes. Mr. Danford is familiar with the bird, 

 and has often seen it in Hungary. {Nai. 1903, p. 262.) 



WAXWING. 

 Ampelis garrulus (L.). 



Accidental visitant, appearing at irregular intervals during winter ; 

 absent some years, plentiful in others. 



The first record of the appearance of the Waxwing in the 

 British Isles was by the celebrated Dr. Martin Lister, F.R.S., 

 who in a letter to John Ray (" Phil. Trans." 1685, No. 175, 

 p. 1 161, fig. 9) said " One or two were shot at York in January 

 1680 (or, to use the new style, 1681). His figure, though rude, 

 sufficiently shews the species, to which he gave the English 



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