258 THE BIRDS OF YORKSHIRE. 



of Sheffield in End Cliff Woods ; near Wakefield, in the winter 

 of 1856, three were shot in company with Skylarks ; one is 

 noted at Luddenden in 1899 (A. Crab tree, " Halifax Naturalist," 

 1900) ; and from Doncaster it was recorded so long ago as 

 1840, as also at Killingbeck near Leeds. At the same period 

 it bred sparingly at Langwith and near York ; in connection 

 with the latter place, Audubon mentioned that, during his 

 second visit to London in 1828, he was presented with a pair 

 of Wood Larks by Mr. Backhouse of York (" Audubon and 

 his Journals," Vol. I. pp. 284-5). It has also occurred at 

 Campsall, Maltby, and Roche Abbey ; and it is reported by 

 Mr. R. Fortune to have nested on Harlow Moor, Harrogate, 

 in 1880. In the north portion of the East Riding two examples 

 have been met with at Pocklington ; one in summer, which 

 points to the probability of its having nested there. A 

 female, that had been feeding on blades of grass, was noted 

 in the North Riding, at Hornby, near Catterick, on 4th 

 January 1864, and is now in the museum at Newcastle-on-Tyne. 

 On the coast line it is a very rare migrant, known only in 

 two or three places, though it is quite possible it may be 

 overlooked amongst the numbers of Larks and Pipits frequent- 

 ing the rough pastures and marshes in autumn and winter. 

 In the Spurn district Mr. F. Boyes once saw several during 

 hard weather ; one was obtained in October 1891, and 

 another was seen at Sproatley on 28th April 1900. It is 

 mentioned in Hinderwell's Scarborough list in 1832, and also 

 by the late Alfred Roberts in 1880, but does not appear to 

 have occurred there of late years. Near Redcar a small 

 flock was feeding at high-water mark on the sands east of 

 the town, during the severe weather in January 1891, and on 

 the i6th of that month I obtained four of them, one of which 

 is now in the Royal Scottish Museum, whilst two more were 

 procured by a fisherman on the following day (Zool. 1891, 

 p. 253 ; Nat. 1891, p. 123). 



