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Richardson of Beverley. Mr. F. Boyes examined this 

 specimen, and observed that the appearance of the breast 

 feathers seemed to imply that it had been sitting. 



About the same year, one, procured at Littlebeck, was 

 stuffed by Mr. Kitching of Whitby. 



One, formerly in the possession of the late George Brook, 

 was captured in Rash Gill, near the head of Swaledale, in 

 the spring of 1870. 



In the Burton Agnes Museum, formed by the late Sir 

 Hy. Boynton, is a specimen taken at Sunderlandwick, but 

 the date is not given. 



The late J. Cordeaux mentioned in his " Birds of the 

 Humber District " that " Two immature females in Mr. 

 Boulton's collection were killed of late years in Holderness." 



On I4th May 1875, one was noted at Acaster Malbis, 

 near York, and recorded in the Naturalist (1875, p. 80). 



The late A. Roberts of Scarborough preserved a fine male, 

 trapped on Seamer Moor in April 1880, which is now in the 

 possession of Mr. A. Young, keeper, of Blankney. 



Mr. S. L. Mosley of Huddersfield informs me a young male 

 was killed near Meltham, about 1882. 



A male was seen by the late J. Harrison at Wilstrop, on 

 3rd June 1886, as recorded by Mr. E. R. Waite (op. cit. 1891, 

 p. 98). 



Mr. M. Bailey of Flamborough had a female specimen, 

 obtained near that place, in the late autumn of 1896. The 

 outer web of the fifth primary was not notched, and the 

 inner and outer notches on the first and second primaries 

 were one inch below the coverts (op. cit. 1897, p. 237). 



At Bickley, near Scarborough, a male was caught in a 

 pole-trap on 26th April 1901, and is now in the possession of 

 Mr. R. Fortune of Harrogate, who kindly supplied the par- 

 ticulars of its capture, and gave me an opportunity of examin- 

 ing the specimen. 



The latest winter occurrence of which I am aware was 

 at Mulgrave, near Whitby, in October 1902, and was 

 inadvertently recorded (op. cit. 1903, p. 29), as a " Black 

 Kite." Through the courtesy of Mr. Thomas Stephenson 



