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BIRDS. 
174. Milvus migrans (Zodd.). Black Kite. 
Tae 
179. 
Nauclerus furcatus (Z.). SGwallow-tailed Kite. 
Accidental visitant from America, of extremely rare occur- 
rence. 
Hardraw Scarr, near Hawes, one captured alive, Sept. 6, 
1805 (Newton’s Yarrell, 1. p. 104-5). 
Other specimens are said to have been obtained near 
Helmsley, May 25, 1859; and in Bolton Woods, forty or 
fifty years ago (cf. Birds of Yorkshire, pp. 28, 29). 
. Elanus ceruleus (Desf) Black-winged Kite. 
. Pernis apivorus (Z.). Honey-Buzzard. 
Casual visitant, of uncommon occurrence in spring and 
autumn, most frequent near the coast, and at the latter 
season. 
. Falco candicans Gm. Greenland Falcon. 
Accidental visitant from Iceland, Greenland, Arctic North 
America, and Northern Asia, of extremely rare occurrence. 
Sutton-on-Derwent, adult, Feb. 5, 1837 (Allis, Wood’s Nat., 
1837, P. 53). 
Robin Hood’s Bay, mature female, Nov. 25, 1854 (Roberts, 
Zool., 1855, p- 4588) ; now in the Scarborough Museum. 
Falco islandus GmeZ Iceland Falcon. 
Accidental visitant from Iceland and Southern Greenland, 
of extremely rare occurrence. 
Guisborough, a young bird shot on the moors, March 1837 
(Hogg, Zool., 1845, p. 1052). 
Marston Moor, one in the collection of Mr. C. C. Oxley, said 
to have been obtained in December, 1826 or 1836 (Birds 
of Yorkshire, p. 10). 
Upper Poppleton, near York, a young female shot Noy. 1860 
(Graham, Zool, 1861, p. 7312). Now in the Leeds 
Museum. 
Filey Brigg, a pair, one shot, Oct. 4, 1864 (Birds of Yorkshire, 
pi 10). 
Whitby, a bird, probably of this species, found nailed up with 
‘other vermin’ at Newton House in 1865 (Birds of York- 
shire, pp. £2): 
