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are longer than the rest, the third being half an inch longer than the 

 fourth, the second three-sixteenths of an inch longer than the third, 

 and the first or longest being five-sixteenths of an inch longer than the 

 second, thus giving the tail a forked appearance, more resembling the 

 tail of a tern than that of a gull. Total length thirteen inches ; from 

 wrist to end of first primary ten inches and a half. 



Quail. — A female of this species was sent to Mr. R. Richardson for 

 preservation, on the 8lh of September, by Mr. J. Stephenson, who had 

 shot it the day previously at Wolsey, about sixteen miles north of 

 Beverley ; he flushed another, but failed in bringing it to bag. Ou 

 the 8th of October two more quails (both males) were sent, in the 

 flesh, to Mr. Richardson for preservation ; they had been shot at 

 Cliff, about nine miles from Beverley. 



Little Gull. — No less than six of these beautiful and rare gulls 

 have been sent to me during the past summer : two of them were 

 mature, the rest immature: they had all been shot off Flamborough 

 and Bridlington Quay, between the 1st of September and the 5th of 

 October. 



Black Guillemot. — Together with the last adult female specimen of 

 the little gull, above recorded, Mr. Bailey sent me a female of the black 

 guillemot, in the flesh ; it was an immature bird. This species is 

 becoming extremely scarce on the coast of East Yorkshire, and my 

 specimen is only the second that I have seen during the last five 

 years. 



Honey Buzzard. — Mr. Gray, the gamekeeper at Wawne, about four 

 miles from Beverley, sent me, on the 5th of October, a remarkably 

 fine specimen of the honey buzzard ; it was an old male, and he had 

 shot it on the same day near to the village of Wawne. In the rich 

 bronze tinge of its brown plumage it approached very closely to the 

 colouring of the golden eagle. This is the third specimen of the 

 honey buzzard I have met with in our neighbourhood. 



Common Crossbill. — October 16. Mr. J. Stephenson, of Beverley, 

 obtained this day a fine male specimen of the crossbill, in the flesh : it 

 was given him by a friend, and had been shot in the neighbourhood. 

 Mr. Stephenson's specimen was shot out of a flock of ten. 



Green Sandpiper. — On the 16th of October Mr. B. Boyes shot a 

 female of this species on Figham, one of the common pastures of 

 Beverley. 



Siskin. — October 20. A female of the siskin was shot out of a flock 

 of four, by Mr. Joseph Boyes, in Long Lane, near to the town of 



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