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river Trent, Yorkshire will share with Lincolnshire the 

 honour of possessing the last British breeding-station of 

 the Avocet. 



288. Himantopus candidus Bonnat. Black-winged Stilt. 



Accidental visitant from Southern and South-eastern Europe 

 and Africa, of extremely rare occurrence. 



Aike Carrs, near Beverley, two, old and young, shot by the 

 keeper ; formerly in the collection of the late Mr. Hall, of 

 Scorborough, now in that of Mr. John Stephenson, of 

 Beverley, who informs me that a woman living at Aike well 

 remembers their being shot and shown to her. 



289. Phalaropus hyperboreus (Z.). Red-necked Phala- 



rope. 



Casual visitant in autumn and winter, of very rare 

 occurrence. A specimen shot in Yorkshire, in the 

 possession of Mr. Johnson, of Brignall, one of Ray's 

 correspondents, was described and figured by Edwards 

 (Nat. His. Birds, 1 743 ?) as a 'Cock Coot-footed Tringa.' 

 One was shot in the autumn of 1812, on Swinton Lake; 

 one at Redcar, Nov. 22nd, 1851 ; one, mature, at Scar- 

 borough, in Dec., 1853 ; one at York, in summer plumage, 

 in May, 1854; another at Scarborough, in Nov., 1854; 

 and an immature male at Bridlington, Oct. 14, 1872. In 

 1844, Mr. Arthur Strickland informed Mr. Allis that it was 

 occasionally met with on the Bridlington coast. 



290. Phalaropus fulicarius (Z.). Grey Phalarope. 



Casual visitant in autumn and winter, of uncommon occur- 

 rence. Judging from the records, it appears to have been 

 observed as frequently inland as on the coast. 



291. Scolopax rusticola Z. Woodcock. 



Resident, known to breed annually in limited numbers in 

 many woods in the county. Much better known as a 

 winter visitant, arriving on the coast in October and 

 November, sometimes in immense numbers, at others only 

 a few being observed. Returns to the coast, for departure, 

 during the first week of March. 



292. Gallinago major (Gin.). Double Snipe. 



Casual visitant, in autumn and winter, of uncommon occur- 

 rence. 



