2604 The Zoologist— May, 1871. 



Redbreasted Merganser. — A fine adult male was purchased on 

 the llth in Norwich Market; another on the 15th ; two females on 

 the 18th and another on the 25th. Immature birds, as usual, have 

 been pretty numerous. 



Henry Stevenson. 



Norwich, April 15, 1871. 



A List of nncommon Birds seen or captnrcd iu Yorlishire during tlie 

 Year 1870.— 



Waxwincj. — Several observed at Farnbara, near Knaresborougb, on the 

 5tb of January. 



Bittern.— One shot at Newmillerdam, near Wakefield, early iu January. 



Peregrine. — Oue shot at Flamborough on the 15tb of Jauuary. 



Smew. — Oue seen uear Beverley ou the 1st of February. 



Blackthroated Diver. — Oue shot on the River Ouse on the 10th of 

 February. 



Rednecked Grebe. — Oue shot uear Beverley ou the lOtli of February. 



Common Buzzard. — Oue shot at Cockliugbam, uear Beverley, ou the 

 21st of Februaiy. 



Sclavonian Grebe. — One shot ou the River Ure (North Yorkshire) in 

 February. 



Rednecked Grebe. — Oue caught ou the River Esk (North Yorkshire) in 

 March. 



Green Sandpiper. — Oue obtained at Newland Hall, uear Wakefield, on 

 the 2Gth of March (Geo. Luiub). 



Niijhtin/jah'. — Oue heard uear Horbury in May. 



Quail. — Nested near Barley iu July. Nested ou the Haigb, uear Leeds. 

 Nested iu East Yorkshire. Several shot about here. A great number of 

 quails have beeu shot this year iu differeut parts of the country. 



Pomarine Skua. — Oue shot at Carlton, near Leeds, ou the 7tli of October. 



Merlin. — Oue caught here, in an exhausted state, on the 25th of October. 



Heron. — Oue shot on the Haigh, near Leeds, on the 5th of November. 



Bittern. — Oue shot near Wakefield on the 25th of November (G. Lumb). 



Solitarij SnijK'. — One shot at Shaftou, uear Baruslcy, on the 31st of 

 December (T. Lister in 'Country Words' for February). — Geo. Roberts; 

 Lofthouse, near Wakefield. 



Birds observed in tlie Thames^ &c., in the Winter of 1870-71.— I find, 

 on reference to my notes, that the following birds visited the mouth of the 

 Tliames duiiug the past winter. My notes were chiefly made at Leigh 

 from personal observations at fortnightly intervals : iu a few cases the 

 information has been derived from the punt-gunners, but only of birds which 

 had absolutely fallen to their guns. 



