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Whitby, one, March, 1872 (Simpson, Zool., 1872, p. 3021). 
Mr. Thomas Stephenson states that the specimen in the local 
collection at the Whitby Museum was obtained on the 
Newton House estate, which abounds with larch planta- 
tions ; and he has it on the authority of Parker, formerly 
keeper there, that the bird was never lost sight of either in 
winter or summer, and he (Parker) had no doubt they 
bred there. 
Thirsk, one shot, preserved by Mr. Robert Lee (Lee, MS.). 
Fam. SITTIDZ. 
Sitta cesia MW0/f Common Nuthatch. 
Resident, local, and far from numerous. Chiefly confined to 
the older parks, such as Castle Howard, Hovingham, Swin- 
ton, Hackfall, Walton, Stainborough, and Wharncliffe. 
Entirely absent from the East Riding. 
Fam. CERTHIIDZ. 
Certhia familiaris Z. Creeper. 
Resident, generally distributed in wooded districts, but far 
from numerous. 
Fam. TROGLODYTIDZ. 
Troglodytes parvulus Xoch. Wren. 
Resident, generally distributed, common ; annually observed 
on the coast as an autumn immigrant. 
Fam. MOTACILLIDA, 
Motacilla alba Z. White Wagtail. 
Casual visitant, of rare occurrence in summer; probably much 
overlooked, the following being all the instances in which 
it has been noted :—York, one, July 13, 1848 (Webb, 
Zool., 1848, p. 2229) ; Wakefield, several occurrences, has 
once nested there (Talbot, Birds of Wakefield, 1876) ; 
Bolton Abbey, one, April 12, 1879 (Clarke, Zool., 1880, p. 
355); Gisburn, one, April 18, 1881. 
Motacilla lugubris Zemm. Pied Wagtail. 
Resident, generally distributed, abundant in summer, com- 
paratively few in the winter, for in the autumn the majority 
depart south, returning in early spring. 
