GOSHAWK. 341 



A specimen in the collection of Mr. Forster of Bridlington 

 was, I am informed by that gentleman, procured in the West 

 Riding, and purchased at the Rev. C. Hudson's sale, Marton 

 Hall, East Riding. 



Mr. E. R. Waite states [Nat. 1891, p. 99), that the late 

 John Harrison saw a Goshawk at \Mlstrop in 1880 ; the 

 bird was on the ground so near to him that he had no difficulty 

 in recognising it. 



About the year 1886 a single occurrence at Dee Side, 

 in Dentdale, is mentioned by the Rev. Ed. Peake {op. cit. 

 1896, p. 42). 



An adult male example was trapped by one of the keepers 

 at Keldy Castle, near Levisham, on 14th February 1889, 

 and was recorded by Mr. Thos. Stephenson of Whitby [op. 

 cit. 1889, p. 78). 



The late J. Cordeaux stated (" Birds of the Humber 

 District," 1899, p. 18), that a pair were reported at Easington, 

 near Spurn, by the late H. B. Hewetson, on 27th September 

 1896. 



I am informed, by Mr. W. Hewett of York, that a specimen, 

 which had been captured at Escrick, in the winter of 1896-97, 

 was preserved by Mr. J. Pulleine of Selby. 



And lastly, as Mr. Thos. Stephenson writes, an immature 

 male of this species occurred at Wheeldale, near Whitby, in 

 December 1897, and is now in the possession of ^Ir. J. C. 

 Walker of that town. 



An instance is recorded of the Goshawk nesting in York- 

 shire, but the authentication is so slender that no reliance 

 can be placed on it. This appeared in the Zoologist (1863, 

 p. 8678), the recorder being J. Ranson of Linton-on-Ouse, 

 near York, and was as follows : — " This spring the nest of 

 this rare bird was found in some ivy which surrounds an old 

 oak tree which is situate in the boundary hedge of a plantation. 

 I did not see the nest, but the three eggs were of a very pale 

 blue. They were unfortunately broken by one of the 

 possessor's children." 



A second occurrence, however, is entitled to more con- 

 sideration, the evidence connected with it, as communicated 



