590 THE BIRDS OF YORKSHIRE. 



in the collection of the late J. Duff of Bishop Auckland^ 

 and recorded by him (op. cit. 1849, p. 2591). This specimen 

 was sold at the dispersal of Mr. Duff's effects in 1901, but 

 was in such a moth-eaten state as to be useless. 



Another example, which may have been in Mr. Gurney's 

 list, was killed by a Stockton gunner, in the Tees, about 1870, 

 but was rendered worthless for preservation. 



An adult specimen, talcen about 1865, at Scarborough, 

 is now in the York Museum. 



Another adult, a male, was purchased at the sale of Mr. 

 Hall's Scorborough collection, and is supposed to be a local 

 specimen. It is now in the Hull Museum. 



And the most recent record of its appearance was near the 

 Flamborough Lighthouse, where two were seen for several 

 days in April 1893 ; one was procured by Mr. Coates of the 

 Lighthouse Farm, and was stuffed for him by Mr. M. Bailey ; 

 the other, which is in the collection of Mr. Forster of Bridling- 

 ton, was killed on i6th April, at Marton Lodge, near the 

 latter town. I have had an opportunity of examining both 

 these specimens in the possession of their respective owners, 

 (cf. Nat. 1893, p. 171.) 



BLACK-WINGED STILT. 



Himantopus candidus (Bonnat.). 



Accidental visitant from southern and south-eastern Europe, and 

 Africa, of extremely rare occurrence. 



The claim of this rare and accidental straggler to rank as 

 a Yorkshire species rests on the occurrence of an adult, and 

 an immature specimen, obtained in Aike Carr, near Beverley ; 

 and a third individual, stated to have occurred near Spurn. 

 The Beverley examples were formerly in the possession of 

 of the late James Hall of Scorborough, and were purchased 

 at the sale of his collection, in 1878, by Mr. John Stephenson 



