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FIELD NOTES. 



MAMMALS. 



Common Seal at Teesmouth. — A specimen of the Common 

 Seal {Phoca vitiilina) was captured alive by a pilot on the sands 

 near the Tees Breakwater, on Sunday, 7th December 1902, and 

 broug-ht to Redcar, where it is being- exhibited in the Lifeboat 

 House. See ' Handbook of Yorkshire Vertebrate,' p. 8, for 

 reference to the abundance of this species at the Tees mouth 

 a century ag-o.— T. H. Nelson, Redcar, 2nd January 1903. 



Seal at Ulrome. — A young- Seal, presumably the Common 

 Seal, was caught on the sands at Ulrome, near Hornsea, on the 

 morning- of 30th December. It was taken to Bridling-ton and is 

 being- exhibited there alive. It is a young- specimen. Another 

 example, 4 feet 2 inches long-, was recently caug-ht at Barmston, 

 and has since died. Another was washed ashore, dead, at Wils- 

 thorpe, a few weeks ag-o. They are all examples of the Common 

 Seal [Phocd vitnli}i(i). In my opinion Seals are not at all un- 

 common in this district, but they are shy and not often seen. 

 A few years ag-o I frequently heard of them in the vicinity of 

 Barmston outfall. — Thomas Boynton, Bridlington, 3rd Jan. 1903. 



BIRDS. 



Little Bustard at Kilnsea. — On the evening- of 7th December 

 a Little Bustard {Tc/nix tetrax) was shot at Kilnsea, near Spurn. 

 As it was dusk at the time the bird was not found until the 

 following- morning-, when it had been considerably damag-ed by 

 a cat. This is the first record of its kind I can remember in our 

 neighbourhood. — P. W, Loten, Easington, 24th Dec. 1902. 



[In Handbook of Vertebrate Fauna (Clarke and Roebuck), 

 one at Beverley prior to 1844 (AUis) ; one in Holderness 

 {The Naturalist, 1896, p. 132). Cordeaux in ' Birds of the 

 Humber District' refers to a specimen which was shot at 

 Leven on 31st January 1862. — Eds.] 



Flamingo in Lincolnshire. — On Saturday morning, 22nd 

 November 1902, Mr. J. Hall, of Kirton Marsh, shot a male 

 Flaming-o {PhcBuicopterus roseus) which was swimming- in the 

 middle of the river at the outfall of the Welland. The plumag-e 

 was in perfect condition, and the appearance of the bird indicated 

 that it had been driven into this country by the recent stormy 

 weather. The specimen measured 5 feet 8 inches in total leng-th, 

 and 6 feet from tip to tip of the wings. This is probably the speci- 

 men which escaped from Woburn Park recenth-. — F. M. Burton. 



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