339 

 GOSHAWK. 



Astur palumbarius (Z.). 



Casual visitant, in spring and autumn, of rare occurrence. Hat 

 been observed occasionally in winter, and is most frequent near the 

 coast. 



The earliest mention of the Goshawk in Yorkshire appears 

 to be in Thomas Allis's Report, written in 1844, thus : 



Astur palumbarius. Goshawk The only Yorkshire specimen on 

 record was shot at Cusworth by Mr. Wrightson's gamekeeper, in 1825. 



This fine Hawk, formerly one of the falconer's first 

 favourites, has occurred at intervals in the county, generally 

 in the vicinity of the coast, when on the spring and autumn 

 passage. There are, however, instances on record of its 

 being obtained in January and in June. 



One, in the year 1825, at Cusworth, near Doncaster, as 

 mentioned above. 



Near Easington in Holderness, a male and female were 

 killed on I5th October 1852, by G. S. Gibbs, gamekeeper to 

 Mr. H. Kirk of Stockton-on-Tees, as mentioned in Morris's 

 " Naturalist " (1853, p. 19), by D. Graham of York. 



At the meeting of the Yorkshire Naturalists' Club on 2nd 

 March 1864, D. Graham exhibited a fine specimen taken 

 near Oswaldkirk by Mr. J. Bower. 



Mr. R. Lorrimer obtained a fine specimen whilst in pursuit 

 of its prey on Filey Brigg in the first week October 1864 ; 

 the fact being communicated to the Sheffield " Daily 

 Telegraph " (8th October 1864), by Colonel Newman, mention 

 being also made of it in the Zoologist (1864, p. 9327). 



On 29th August 1875, one was reported at Ewecote, near 

 Whitby, of which a note was included in the Rural Notes 

 communicated to the " Yorkshire Post " (i4th March 1876), 

 by Geo. Roberts of Lofthouse. 



About the year 1877 a Goshawk was captured at Ewecote, 

 near Whitby, by Mr. T. Crosby, for whom it was stuffed by 

 Mr. Kitching of that town. Possibly these last two records 

 relate to the same example. 



