476 THE BIRDS OF YORKSHIRE. 



a reef of half-tide rocks about a mile off the shore ; I after- 

 wards put off in a boat, but the bird escaped into broken water, 

 swam through an opening in the rocks and so got out to sea. 

 In the winter of 1902-03 one occurred in the Tees Bay ; while, 

 finally, on 2nd February 1905, a flock of about twenty was seen 

 mar tfis Tees Breakwater, and an adult male specimen was 

 secured. 



; *" The *bnly inland locality this species is recorded from 

 is Tong Park Reservoir, near Shipley, about the year 1895 ; 

 the specimen is now in the possession of Mr. John Reed, 

 Thackley, near Bradford. 



KING EIDER. 

 Somateria spectabilis (Z.). 



Accidental visitant from Northern Europe, Asia, and America, 

 of extremely rare occurrence. 



The King Eider, whose habitat is the Arctic regions, 

 has occurred in Yorkshire on one occasion only, at Bridlington 

 Quay, in 1846. This occurrence was chronicled by misprint 

 for Bedlington (Northumberland), by the late Joseph Duff 

 (Zool. 1851, p. 3036), and corrected by J. Hancock (" Birds 

 of Northd. and Dm." p. 159), on the authority of a letter from 

 Mr. Duff, who informed me many years afterwards of the 

 circumstances of its capture at Bridlington. 



STELLER'S EIDER. 



Somateria stelleri (Pallas). 



Accidental visitant from Northern Europe and Asia, of extremely 

 rare occurrence. 



Like the King Eider, this bird is an inhabitant of 

 the Arctic regions and only an accidental visitant to this 

 country. Its claim to rank as a Yorkshire bird rests on the 



