176 THE ZOOLOGIST. 



108. Emhenza hortulana, L. ; Ortolan Bunting. — The speci- 

 men captured off the Yorkshire coast, which served for Bewick's 

 figure, is now, according to Seebohm's 'British Birds' (vol. ii. 

 p. 153), in the Newcastle Museum. 



109. Emheriza rustica, Pall. ; Rustic Bunting. — An addition 

 to the avifauna; an accidental visitant from North-Eastern 

 Europe and Northern Asia. Easington, a female (?) shot Sep- 

 tember 17th, 1881 (Clarke, Zool. 1881, p. 405; Nat. 1881, p. 57; 

 Ibis, 1882, p. 181). 



133. Cypselus melha (L.) ; Alpine Swift. — Additional occur- 

 rence. Huddersfield, a female brought in the flesh to Mr. S. L. 

 Mosley on the 2nd of Juue, 1881, which had been found in an 

 exhausted condition a daj'^ or two before (Mosley, MS.). 



13'J. Picns minor, L. ; Lesser Spotted Woodpecker. — Mr. 

 Thomas Carter, of Masham, informs us that this species occurs 

 about Aysgarth, in Wensleydale, and around Masham. 



141. Jynx torquilla, Li. ; Wryneck. — Is an annual summer 

 visitant to Walton Park, near Wakefield (H. B. Plewetson). 



143. Coracias garrulus, L. ; Roller. — One was seen by Mr. 

 H. T. Archer on the banks of the Wharfe, near Ilkley, about the 

 end of July, 1881 (Archer, Field, Aug. 6, 1881, p. 193; and MS.) 



153. Asio accipitrinus (Pall.) ; Short-eared Owl. — A specimen 

 shot at Spurn by Clarke in October, 1879, is in the arctic form of 

 plumage described by Mr. Seebohm (British Birds, i. 172). 



Falco sjMrverius, L. ; American Kestrel. — In ' The Zoologist' 

 for 1883, p. 126, Mi'. James Backhouse, jun., records an occur- 

 rence of this species near Helmsley in May, 1882. We have 

 very carefully investigated the evidence, and regret that we are 

 unable to accept the bird as a member of the Yorkshire fauna, as 

 certain features in the case are, in our opinion, fatal to its claim 

 to be considered British. 



186. Pandion halicetus (L.) ; Osprey. — During the autumns of 

 1882 and 1883 this species appears to have been much more 

 frequently observed than it has of late years, when indeed it was 

 comparatively almost unknown. 



187. Plialacrocorax carbo (L.) ; Cormorant. — This bird ceased 

 to breed at Huntcliffe {not Arncliffe, as stated in the Handbook) 

 near Saltburn some years ago ; but now breeds in the cliffs near 

 and at Kettleness (T. H. Nelson, MS.). 



190. Ardea cinerea, L.; Heron. — ]\Ir. H. B. Hewetson informs 



