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FIELD NOTES. 



MAMMALS, 



Pine Marten (?) in Littondale. — A fine specimen of this 

 scarce animal was found in a trap on Out Moor above Litton, 

 towards the end of April. The throat was yellow, which would 

 indicate that it was a Pine Marten, and not a Beech Marten. 

 Dr. Macgillivray in his ' History of British Quadrupeds,' and 

 Linnaeus are of opinion that in England there is only one 

 species ; and that the throat is white or yellow, according to 

 age. It is more than twenty years since the Marten has been 

 seen in this dale. — W. A. Shuffrey, Arncliffe Vicarage, May 

 17th, 1910. 



In view of the rarity of this species in Yorkshire, I made 

 enquiries with a view of having the specimen exhibited at the 

 Malham meeting of the Yorkshire Naturalists' Union. I was 

 disappointed to learn that it had been destroyed, and that 

 the Rev. Shuffrey had not personally seen the specimen. I under- 

 stand it had been in the trap a day or two before being found, 

 and when taken tothe taxidermist was too far 'gone' to make a 

 'specimen.' Some doubt therefore naturally arises as to whether 

 it was a genuine Pine Marten or not. — R. Fortune. 



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 BIRDS. 



Abnormal Clutch of Blue=Tit Eggs.— On May 28th, I 

 found a Blue Tit sitting upon seventeen eggs. The nest was 

 in a nesting-box, fixed about twenty-five feet from the ground, 

 in an Oak tree, in the centre of a large wood at Harrogate. — 

 R. Fortune. 



East Yorkshire Migration Notes. — April nth, the 

 Yellow Wagtail was seen by Mr. S. Waterhouse at Cottingham. 

 April 17th, I saw the Willow Wren at North Ferriby ; April 

 22nd, Chiff Chaff at Welton ; April 24th, Whitethroat at Clifte ; 

 April 25th, Garden Warbler at Ferriby ; April 26th, Tree 

 Pipit at Ferriby ; April 27th, Cuckoo at Cliffe ; May 8th, 

 Swift and Sedge Warbler on the Humber side. It is perhaps of 

 interest to record that J no. Hodgson saw a Razorbill's egg at 

 Bempton, May ist, an unusually early date. — E. W. Wade, 

 Hull. 



Ornithological Notes from York. — All the usual summer 

 visitors have arrived at the time of writing these notes, most of 

 them considerably later than last year, the dates of arrival being 



1910 July I. 



