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of Guisborough between 1865 and 1880, all obtained within 

 ten miles of that town. One, formerly in the possession of Wm. 

 Lister, was procured on Egton Moor by Mr. Bennison. Mr. A. 

 Crabtree, F.L.S., mentions in the " Halifax Naturalist " 

 (1900, p. 86), one at Blackstone Edge in 1879. 



On i6th November 1883, a female was taken on Sniles- 

 worth Moor, in the North Riding, and was recorded by Mr. 

 R. Lee, in the Field of the 24th of the same month. 



At the latter end of April 1887, I examined a female ex- 

 ample which had been trapped at Egton Bridge, near Whitby, 

 and sent to Geo. Mussell for preservation. 



Mr. W. Eagle Clarke picked up a dead specimen during 

 the Y.N.U. excursion at Hatfield Chase, in September 1887. 



Near Scarborough, in the autumn of 1888, one was obtained, 

 and was recorded by Mr. R. P. Harper in the Zoologist (1889, 

 p. 150). 



The late J. Cordeaux mentioned in the Naturalist (1892, p.3) r 

 one reported as seen by Mr. P. Loten on 22nd November 1891. 



An occurrence at Scarborough in 1897 is referred to Mr. 

 J. Morley, in the Field, 8th June 1901. 



Mr. Geo. Steels states (MS.), that he has preserved two 

 examples procured near Pocklington, but he did not keep 

 any records of the dates. 



This species is known to keepers as the Ringtail, and in 

 Ryedale it was formerly called the Blue Hawk.* 



MONTAGU'S HARRIER. 



Circus cineraceus (Montagu). 



Casual visitant, of rare occurrence, during the spring and autumn 

 migrations. Formerly bred in the county. 



The first records of this species connected with Yorkshire 

 are given by Thomas Allis in his oft-quoted Report, thus : 



* The record in the Field, 3oth October 1880, of a female taken in a 

 trap near Lofthouse-in-Nidderdale is, as the late J. Carter informed 

 me (in litt. 1902), an error, the specimen being a Marsh Harrier. 



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