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of Shovellers reared nine young. Three pair of Great Crested Grebe 
nested and broods of three and four young were seen. On the 
other hand the Bearded Tit appears to be vanishing, as Taylor 
has not seen the bird since May, when he noticed one pair only. 
Mr. V. G. F. Zimmermann again records the nesting of the 
Pochard at Skipwith Common. 
An unusual migration of Waxwings took place in the winter 
owing no doubt to the exceptionally hard weather in Scandinavia. 
In the East Riding about a dozen specimens were procured from 
late November to January. 
From 8th to 31st January, great numbers of Woodcock 
appeared in the district from Scarbro’ to Spurn and record bags 
were made. Mr. N. F. Ticehurst attributes this to stress of 
weather on some part of the Continent having forced the birds 
to shift their quarters. Goldcrests appeared in numbers in 
Holderness at the same time. 
A Whooper Swan was shot near Leven in the winter. 
On 4th April a flock of Bramblings was observed in Branting- 
ham nae 
Mr. Boyes reports that the Pink-footed Goose arrived in 
the W olds on 27th August instead of the usual date, 19th 
September. 
Mr. W. Hewett saw two Hooded Crows near Bempton on June 
23rd, and records an Albino Sparrow captured alive near Beverley 
on July oth. 
THE NortH Ripinc.—Mr. T.-H. Nelson, J.P., writes :—There 
is little of interest to record for the past season, beyond the 
most extraordinary and unprecedented destruction of sea-birds 
in the cyclone of 2nd July, of which an illustrated article appeared 
in The Naturalist for August.* 
A catastrophe similar to that at the Teesmouth occurred on 
4th July on Mr. E. B. Emerson’s estate at Swainby in Cleveland, 
when the grouse on Live Moor were practically wiped out by a 
fall of ice, although the main moor, only half a mile distant 
across Scugdale, was not affected by the storm. 
For the present season all shooting on the coast is prohibited 
by the military authorities. 
WILD BrirDs AND EGGS PROTECTION COMMITTEE.—The amount 
received in subscriptions for 1914 is £17 9s. 6d., which together 
with the balance in hand, makes a total tund of £41 13s. 10d. 
The expenditure amounts to £29 os. gd., leaving a balance in 
hand of {12 13s. 1d. 
The birds at Spurn have had a successful nesting season, 
the watcher, G. Hall, has been the best man we have had on this 
ground. He has furnished a detailed list of the numbers of 
nests seen with the results from them. 
* For ‘Sandsend’ under the photograph there appearing, read ‘Teesmouth.’ 
1915 Jan. 1. 
