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was washed up by the tide. On yth June five (one male and 

 four females) were shot near Marske, in mistake for Golden 

 Plover, from a flock of thirty or forty ; these I purchased 

 shortly afterwards. At intervals during the summer months 

 small flights were seen, some of which came off the sea, and 

 on I3th November a pair was killed at Kirkleatham. At 

 Ormesby a flock of twenty was seen on loth June ; at the 

 end of May one was fotmd under the telegraph wires 

 at Battersby ; near Guisborough Mr. (now Sir) A. E. Pease 

 caught one in a ditch, on 23rd October ; at Allerton, near 

 Pickering, ten or twelve were noted early in June, and near 

 Masham two flocks, of seven and fourteen respectively, were 

 reported by the late J. Carter. In the Whitby district a male 

 and female were obtained from a flock of twenty at Carr Hill, 

 on 28th May, and six others were procured from a large 

 flight in June, whilst at Kettleness a female was picked up 

 below the telegraph wires. At, or near, Scarborough, on i6th 

 May, a flock of twenty-five was reported, out of which a pair 

 was shot ; a male and female were killed from a flock of 

 forty at Burniston on the 24th ; two flocks, comprising 

 eight and twenty individuals respectively, were seen on 28th 

 May, and near Slingsby six were noted on gth June. 



In the East Riding Mr. D. Brown of Filey had thirty- two 

 specimens sent for preservation, all of which were killed in 

 that neighbourhood. At Flamborough the first comer was 

 reported on i8th May, fifty or sixty more on the 24th, and 

 several other flocks of smaller numbers were observed or 

 recorded by Mr. M. Bailey, who states that an individual 

 was found dead on the beach, and another in a field, whilst 

 up to nth October many were taken to him to be preserved. 

 At Mappleton, near Hornsea, on 20th May, three were killed 

 from a flock of sixteen ; on June yth a party of fifty was noted ; 

 on the 8th one of twenty-three, with others later, and between 

 28th June and 5th July fresh arrivals, coming from seaward, 

 took place. At Withernsea a small flock was seen, and a 

 female example secured, and on igth November two males 

 were killed at Hollym from a flock of about forty in number. 

 The famous promontory of Spurn, as might be expected, 



