LEVANTINE SHEARWATER. 761 



obtained near Redcar in the autumn of 1877, which is probably 

 the first Yorkshire example of this bird. 



One, in the collection formed by the late Sir Henry Boynton 

 at Burton Agnes, is labelled " Manx Shearwater, immature ; 

 shot by M. Bailey, Flamborough." I have seen this indi- 

 vidual, and, on asking Mr. Bailey as to its occurrence, he 

 replied that he could not remember the exact date, but he 

 thought it was about 1880. 



Another, killed at Flamborough on i6th August 1890, 

 by Thomas Leng, was preserved by Mr. John Morley ; 

 the sex was not ascertained. This specimen is now in the 

 York Museum. 



At Scarborough, an adult female was procured near the 

 Castle Foot on 4th February 1899 ; & was taken in the flesh 

 to Mr. W. J. Clarke, and by him forwarded to Dr. R. Bowdler 

 Sharpe, who identified it (Zool. 1900, p. 521). 



An immature female occurred in the South Bay, Scar- 

 borough, on I3th September 1900, and was identified by Mr. 

 Howard Saunders. This specimen is now in the collection 

 of Mr. Riley Fortune, where I have seen it (W. J. Clarke, 

 torn. cit. p. 521 ; Fortune, Nat. 1900, p. 352). 



In the autumn of 1900 another specimen was obtained 

 near Scarborough, and was afterwards sold to a collector 

 in the south of England. 



An adult male, which was captured at the same place 

 on ist September 1902, was forwarded to me for identification ; 

 it afterwards passed into the collection of Sir Vauncey Crewe. 



The latest occurrences took place in the autumn of 1904, 

 when three examples were reported between Scarborough 

 and the Headland of Flamborough. One of these, an adult 

 female, was purchased by the Hon. N. C. Rothschild ; and 

 an adult male is in my collection. 



A specimen in Admiral Oxley's collection at Ripon, 

 labelled " Manx Shearwater," may have been obtained in 

 the Redcar district. Admiral Oxley's father, the late Charles 

 Oxley, lived at Redcar for many years, and most of his birds 

 were collected in that neighbourhood. 



