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A pair of adult birds in the Hull Museum was bought at 

 the sale of Mr. Hall's Scorborough collection, 1878. These 

 birds are supposed to be local specimens. 



William Lister of Glaisdale mentioned that one was 

 captured at Egton Bridge, near Whitby, by the keeper of Mr. 

 Smith, in 1876 or 1877. 



Mr. A. Clapham of Scarborough states (MS.), that an adult 

 in his collection was trapped by Lord Londesborough's; 

 keeper in the vicinity of Hackness, and that the keeper had 

 another that was taken near Scarborough. The latter speci- 

 men is now in the possession of Mr. A. Young, keeper, Blankney, 

 son of Lord Londesborough's late keeper. 



Three specimens have been preserved by the late A. 

 Roberts of Scarborough ; these afterwards passed into the 

 collections of Mr. A. Clapham, E. Tindall, and A. Young, 

 gamekeeper. Mr. Roberts stated that all these birds had 

 been feeding on the large common dew-worms. Two of 

 these last mentioned birds are, no doubt, those recorded by 

 Mr. Clapham. 



A fine 'emale was obtained in Wadworth Wood, near Don- 

 caster, during the last week of April 1884, and was preserved 

 by the late A. Paterson of Doncaster, who kindly supplied 

 the foregoirg information. 



In the spring of 1895 a pair was reported at Ackworth, 

 and Major Arundel of that place has, at my request, prosecuted 

 inquiries in reference to this occurrence, and communicated 

 the result as follows : — " 17th March 1903. For a fortnight 

 or more during the spring of 1895 two (probably a pair), 

 Red-footed Falcons were seen several times at Brook-o'-Dale 

 and Stapleton, and one of them eventually fell to the gun 

 of the gamekeeper. Savage, who shortly afterwards left the 

 district and is now dead. I did not see the birds myself, 

 but they were reported to me by Mr. G. P. Rhodes, a com- 

 petent observer, who saw them on the wing, and examined the 

 specimen that was shot, in the flesh." 



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