9362 Birds. 
observed, was partly covered with ivy, but as I was in a hurry at the time I did not 
notice it particularly; next day, however, a shepherd told me that he saw the bird fly 
off a nest which was built amongst the ivy on the same tree. I went and climbed the 
tree on the 23rd, where I found a newly-made nest, in which were two fresh-laid eggs, 
but the old bird was not on the nest when I went to the tree, so I am afraid there will 
be no chance of my seeing any young birds hatched from the eggs that have evidently 
been laid during the last fortnight—Anthony S. Bradby ; Moundsmere, Hants, 
October 27, 1864. 
Pale Variety of the Common Partridge near Beverley.—Two days ago I received, 
in the flesh, a peculiarly beautiful variety of the common partridge (Perdix cinerea). 
It was shot within a few miles of Beverley, and had been observed for some time. 
Dissection proved it to be a male bird of the year. It was marked precisely the same 
as an ordinary bird, but the colouring was many shades paler throughout, aud 
inclining to a buff or creamy tint. The general effect is most pleasing and striking. 
Varieties of the partridge, I am aware, are not uncommon, but I have never seen so 
beautiful a variety as the subject of my present report.—W. W. Boulton ; Beverley, 
November 1, 1864. 
Young Quail near Wakefield——A young but full-feathered quail was captured 
here by a gamekeeper on the 10th of October. The quail is now a rare bird in this 
neighbourhood.— G. Roberts ; Lofthouse, Wakefield. 
Ruff and Reeve near Beverley —On the 25th of August, 1864, Mr. Boyes, junior, 
of Beverley, shot a five immature female of this species on the River Hull, near 
Beverley. It was one of a small flock that had been feeding on the “ Pulfio,” a marshy 
tract of land on the bank of the River Hull. On the 7th of October, 1864, Mr. 
Robert Stephenson, of Beverley, shot an immature specimen of the ruff not far from 
the same place where Mr. Boyes shot his specimen of the reeve in the month of 
August. It was alone. A gamekeeper who resides near to the river states that he 
has not only seen, but killed and eaten, several of these birds during the past summer. 
He believes that they were all of them birds of the year, and says that they were in 
excellent condition. In former days, antecedent to drainage and improved agriculture, 
the ruff was of frequent occurrence in this locality. Now, however, it is so seldom 
seen that we class it amongst our rarest visitants.—W. W. Boulton. . 
Knot and Bartailed Godwit, in Summer Plumage, at Filey—On the 9th of 
August, 1864, a beautiful male specimen of the knot (Tringa Canutus), in summer 
plumage, was shot on Filey Brigg, by Mr. Featherstone, of Filey: the bird is now in 
my own collection. During the early part of the month of August last a male speci- 
men of the bartailed godwit (Limosa rufa) was shot near to Filey: it was one of three 
birds that rose from the shore, on which they had been seeking food. This bird is in 
summer plumage, but the breast is not uniformly rufous. I have obtained it also for 
my collection. The bar-tailed godwit is by no means uncommon on the Humber 
banks, and more particularly on the sandy flats of Spurn, at the mouth of the Hum- 
ber, during the winter months. I have never before, however, met with this bird in 
summer plumage.—Id. 
Is the Turnstone near Flamborough and Filey in July ?—Probably it may be an 
error of mine that the turnstone was shot at or near Filey in July last. The history 
of the bird designated as the turnstone I give the readers of the ‘ Zoologist’ and Mr. 
Cordeaux in particular. In the month of July, 1862, my younger son, at Weston- 
super-Mare, shot an exceedingly pretty bird flying among a flock of sandpipers, or 
