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273. Otis tetrax L. Little Bustard. 



Casual visitant in winter, of rare occurrence. The localities 

 from which it has been reported are : Flamborough, two 

 in the winter of 1814-15 ; Boythorpe, one early in 1839; 

 Bolton Wood, near Bradford, about 1839 ; near Beverley, 

 and one on the Wolds prior to 1844 (Allis) ; Goodman- 

 ham, a female, Jan. 19, 1854 ; Leven, near Beverley, 

 mature female, Jan. 31, 1862; Allerston Marishes, near 

 Scarborough, a pair, Oct. 1866 ; near Scarborough, one, a 

 few years ago ; and North Burton, in 1868. 



274. Otis macqueeni / E. Gray. Macqueen's Bustard. 



Fam. (EDICNEMIDJE. 



275. CEdicnemus scolopax (Gm.). Stone Curlew. 



Summer visitant to Eastern Yorkshire, where it is not only 

 local in distribution, but very limited and fast decreasing in 

 numbers. On the Wolds, where before their enclosure the 

 bird was most- numerous, it is now confined to a few locali- 

 ties in the north. From the Southern Wolds it is now all 

 but banished, though only a very few years ago it was fairly 

 abundant. Has bred occasionally on Levisham Moor, 

 near Pickering ; on the Hambleton Hills, and near Scar- 

 borough. In 1844, Mr. Allis stated that it bred near 

 Rossington, and other places in the vicinity of Doncaster. 

 In Western Yorkshire it has been very rarely observed, and 

 only as a straggler. 



Fam. GLAREOLIDJE. 



276. Glareola pratincola L. Common Pratincole. 



Accidental visitant from Central and Southern Europe, 

 Africa, and Western Asia, of extremely rare occurrence. 



Staxton Wold, near Scarborough, one, May, 1844 (Milner, 

 Zool., 1848, p. 2023). 



Bridlington, one in the winter of 1849-50 (Duff, Zool, 1850, 

 p. 2771 ; and Hancock, Birds of Northumberland and 

 Durham, 1874, p. 96). Mr. Duff originally recorded this 

 specimen for ' Bedlington, in Northumberland ; ' but in a 

 letter to Mr. Hancock, informed him that the statement 



