28 The Zoologist — January, 1866. 



Wryneck. — A most perfect female specimen of the wryneck was 

 sent to me by Mr. M. Bailey, of FlaiDboroiigli, about the middle of 

 May. It had been caught in a garden at Flamborougb, by a neigh- 

 bour of Mr. Bailey's, on the 13th of May : the bird was in the Jlesh 

 when sent to me. The wryneck is decidedly rare in this portion of 

 East Yorkshire. I hare only met with four or five specimens during 

 the past five years, and I hear of most of the rare birds shot in this 

 division of the county. 



Stone Curlew. — This fine plover still breeds on some of the wilder 

 and least-cultivated lands of East Yorkshire. On the 28th of July a 

 beautiful immature specimen of the tliickknee was sent for preser- 

 vation to R. Richardson, of Beverley : he showed it to me in the flesh, 

 and I have since had it presented to me, most kindly, by Mr. T. Riley, 

 of South Dalton, near Beverley. The bird had been shot near Holme, 

 on Spalding Moor, the same locality from whence I obtained a fine 

 mature female specimen on the 4th of June, 1864, and duly recorded 

 in the 'Zoologist' (Zool. 928-2). This immature specimen had doubt- 

 less been bred where it was shot, for several mature birds were 

 seen but could not be approached within gun-range; moreover, 

 several eggs of the stone curlew were found on this "moor." Mr. 

 Riley possesses four eggs, found there this year, one of which he has 

 kindly promised me. 



Variety of the Starling. — On the 1st of August a curious variety 

 of the common starling was brought to me by a boy, who had knocked 

 it down. It was an immature bird of a nearly uniform rusty, or 

 chestnut-brown colour throughout. 



Richardson s Skua.— On the 15th of August Mr. M. Bailey, of 

 Flamborougb, sent me three specimens of this species, in various 

 stages of plumage: on the 2lst of August another, and on the 23rd 

 of August four more of the same species. The group illustrated every 

 change of plumage, from the first feathers to maturity. Mr. Bailey 

 informed me that this skua had been very abundant off Flamborougb 

 during the present year up to that date, viz. the 23rd of August. 



Buffon's Skua.— Mr. M. Bailey, of Flamborougb, also sent me a 

 male specimen of Buffon's skua on the 23rd of August. It would be 

 in the second year's plumage, the various measurements agreeing with 

 those given by Yarrell. 



Zebra or Grass Parroqtiet. — jNIr. Bailey also sent me one of these 

 exquisite litlle birds, which had been shot in a wild state near to 

 Flamborougb, on the 19lh of August of the present year. It was 



