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ANOTHER OCCURRENCE OF THE GLOSSY 
IBIS IN YORKSHIRE. 
E. W. WADE, M.B O.U., 
Hull. 
On December 26th last, I went to Ulrome with Mr. T. Audas, 
to investigate a reported occurrence of the Glossy Ibis there. 
Mr. G. Gibson, of Skipsea Brough, who had stuffed the bird, told 
us that he had two specimens sent in within a week of each 
other, one from Atwick (reported in ‘The Naturalist’ for 
January), and another from Ulrome, in the autumn of 1909, 
but was unable to give either the date or sex of either. At 
Ulrome, we found the bird in the possession of Mr. G. Smith. 
of Eastgate Farm. It was a fine specimen, taller and larger, 
and more brilliantly coloured than either of the birds shot on 
the Lambwath during October and November, 190g. It 
shows a considerable amount of chesnut-brown colouring on 
the breast, but has the grey streaks on head and neck, charac- 
teristic of the winter plumage. Mr. Smith fixed the date of 
its occurrence as the second week in October, because thatching 
had begun. Fortunately, the bird has been acquired by the 
Hull Museums Committee, who now possess a local specimen 
of their own, and to whose order the accompanying photograph 
was taken. The bird is familiar to Mr. J. Taylor, the Hornsea 
keeper, who has seen it more than once, and who reported that 
a solitary specimen haunted the Mere during the winter 1902- 
1903. 
Naturalist, 
