104 THE BIRDS OF YORKSHIRE. 



The Black-bellied Dipper is a common Scandinavian and 

 North Russian bird, and seems occasionally to wander across 

 the waters of the North Sea to eastern England. In our 

 own county it has hitherto only, and perhaps, obviously, 

 been noted in the vicinity of the coast, where in the East 

 Riding it has been obtained on four occasions ; twice during 

 the period of the autumn migration. Three of these birds 

 have passed into the hands of ornithologists, and, it is worthy 

 of note, have been examined by experts, and pronounced 

 to be true melanogaster. The following are the particulars 

 of the occurrences : 



One procured on a drain at Welwick on the 24th of October 

 1874, was recorded by Mr. F. Boyes (Zool. 1877, p. 53) ; this 

 specimen is now in the York Museum. 



In the same journal (1876, p. 4871), Mr. F. Boyes again 

 records as a Black-bellied Dipper one obtained by a man 

 named Priestman on the River Hull at Beverley, on the 2Qth 

 of October 1875. 



The Rev. Julian G. Tuck mentions in the Field (January 

 1876, p. 22) one taken at Flotmanby, near Filey, on the 8th 

 of December 1875. 



In the collection of Mr. J. H. Gurney is a specimen which 

 occurred near Bridlington, and was purchased by him of the 

 late Mr. Jones, taxidermist, of Bridlington Quay. 



BEARDED TITMOUSE. 

 Panurus biarmicus (/-.) 



Casual visitant ; of very rare occurrence. 



The Bearded Tit or Reedling, as it is usually designated, 

 is resident on the broads of Norfolk, the nearest locality to 

 Yorkshire where it is to be met with, and it is not uncommon 

 on the reed-beds of Holland and other portions of the 

 Continent, but as it is a sedentary species it is most likely 

 that the stragglers, reported in parts of England other than 



