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229. FuUgula cristata (Leach) ; Tufted Duck. — Seen at 

 Hornsea Mere on the 12th of June, 1883, by Mr. J. C. Swailes. 

 Sir Wm. Milner (Zool. 1854, p. 4441) also observed it there in 

 summer, and it doubtless breeds there. 



246. Columha livia, Bonnat. ; Rock Dove. — The statement in 

 the ' Yorkshire Vertebrata ' that this species is reported to breed 

 in inland localities has been criticised by some correspondents ; 

 but Clarke's request for specimens has never been complied with. 



247. Columha anas, L. ; Stock Dove. — Regarding the spread 

 of this species, Clarke contributed some Yorkshire notes to Mr, 

 Harvie Brown's valuable paper, read before the Royal Physical 

 Society of Edinburgh on the 21st of February, 1883, "On the 

 Stock Dove {Columha cenas), with Remarks upon its Extension of 

 Range in Great Britain." From this we quote Clarke's con- 

 cluding remarks, which appear as a footnote :— " Since the above 

 was penned I have instituted further inquiries into the range and 

 spread of the Stock Dove in Yorkshire, with the chief result that 

 I am informed, on the reliable authority of Mr. Boyes, that 

 warreners now alive remember this bird being numerous on the 

 Wolds sixty years ago, when it was their perquisite. Thus it is a 

 most interesting fact that at a period when the Stock Dove was 

 almost, if not quite, unknown elsewhere in the county, it was 

 common on the vast Wolds of the East Riding. I am inclined to 

 think that Yorkshire and other neighbouring counties have been 

 peopled with Stock Doves from this source ; for with the gradual 

 enclosure and cultivation of these great warrens we find a simul- 

 taneous and equally gradual spread of this species has taken 

 place." 



252. Caccahis rufa (L.) ; Red-legged Partridge. — Mr. C. Ful- 

 lerton Smith (' Field,' Feb. 10, 1883, p. 184) gives notes on the 

 introduction of this species into Yorkshire. At Hornby Castle 

 they were turned down in 1846-7, but afterwards shot off. The 

 same thing took place at Swinton, near Masham. At Ingleby, in 

 the North Riding, some twenty years ago, about fifty brace were 

 turned down by Lord de L'Isle, and now, on the neighbouring 

 manors of Ormsby and Deighton, a few brace are shot every 

 season. Tliis information is interesting, and supplies material 

 upon the introduction of this species into the county which we 

 were unable to obtain in 1881. 



253. Caccahis petrosa (Gm.) ; Barbary Partridge. — Mr. Boyes 



