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FIELD NOTES. 
BIRDS. 
Mealy Redpolls at Whitby.—Large numbers of Mealy 
Redpolls have recently visited the Whitby district, and the 
bird-catchers have taken heavy toll. The greater proportion 
are said to be old males. So far as can be ascertained, the 
earliest captures were made about October 21st.—THOos. 
STEPHENSON, Whitby, December 3rd, gro. 
Waxwings and Winter Corncrake near Preston, 
Lancs.—Two Waxwings were shot at Higher Walton, near 
Preston, on December 8th. Odd birds have been seen at the 
same place for quite a number of years during migration time. 
On December 19th a Corncrake was shot about two miles from 
Preston. It had been seen in the same field some weeks pre- 
viously.—G. A. Boorn, Preston. 
Hen Harrier in Yorkshire.—Mr. C. F. Proctor flushed 
a Hen Harrier at Raskelf on November 24th last. The bird 
was sitting on the ground, but had no prey, and on being ap- 
proached it rose about three feet and skimmed easily away, 
taking along a hedgerow in its course. It was within easy 
gunshot for two or three minutes, but as its life was spared 
it may be recorded elsewhere in the county before long.— 
SYDNEY H. Situ, York, December 4th, 1910. 
Whooper Swan in Yorkshire.—At East Cottingwith on 
November 30th, I obtained a young, but full-grown specimen 
of Cygnus musicus, measuring five feet two inches across the 
extended wings. The bird had not yet assumed the distinctive 
yellow patch on the upper mandible, but from the appearance 
of the part it would have done so in another month. The legs 
were almost black in colour, and curiously mottled with yellow 
on the under side of the webs.—SYDNEY H. Situ, York, 
December 4th, 1gto. 
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MOLLUSCA. 
Acicula lineata (Drap.) at Beast Cliff, near Hayburn 
Wyke, Scarborough.—Last August Bank Holiday Mr. F. W. 
Fierkie and I found a number of Acicula lineata at Beast Cliff, 
near Hayburn Wyke, in a similar habitat to the one we were 
shown by Mr. J. A. Hargreaves the day previously in Forge 
Valley. It occurred in the moss rather sparingly at first, 
but upon a more careful search being made, about a couple of 
dozen specimens were procured. I have seen no published 
records of this rare shell occurring at Beast Cliff. Associated 
with it were Agriolimax laevis, Vitrea crystallina, Euconulus . 
fulous, Acanthinula aculeata, A. lamellata, Cochlicopa lubrica 
and Vertigo edentula—ALBERT J. Moore, Hull. 
Naturalist, 
