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FIELD NOTES. 
BIRDS. 
Hen Harrier and Stonechats at Hebden Bridge.—A 
Hen Harrier 9, was shot on Langfield Moor, near Hebden 
Bridge, on October 11th. It is only at intervals of years that 
this species is seen in the district now. On the previous day, 
Matthew Barr, of Walsden, discovered two Stonechats on the 
heath slopes of Jumble Hole Clough, the first authentic record 
for Hebden Bridge since 1889, when a single bird occurred in 
the Spring.—WALTER GREAVES. 
Black Game near Selby.—On October 26th, Mr. R. 
Biddick unwittingly brought down a female of this species, 
which is an unusual event for this district. A possible solution 
as to the occurrence of such a local bird here, may be accounted 
for by the fact that the late Lord Wenlock turned several down 
on Skipwith Common, and asked the local gunners to respect 
the fact, in order to give them a chance, but I believe nothing 
came of the venture, and I can trace no record of this bird 
being indigenous to the suitable localities in this neighbourhood 
in former days. One may take it as probable that this example 
is a straggler from the above quoted attempt to establish them 
at Skipwith.—J. F. MusHam. 
Black Game in Wharfedale.—lIt is interesting to note 
that Black-Game have nested on one of the Wharfedale Moors 
this year. A party of Harrogate sportsmen when Grouse 
shooting shot several birds on October 22nd, with which they 
were not familiar. They turned out to be young of the Black 
Grouse.—R. FORTUNE. 
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ARACHNIDA. 
Megabunus insignis Meade, a Harvestman new to the 
East Riding.—I have obtained this quaint Harvestman at 
Houghton Woods near Market Weighton. It does not appear 
to be by any means abundant in this locality, as repeated 
searches during the year have only resulted in the capture of 
three examples. The first was taken among dead bracken 
near a pine wood, on May Ist, and the remaining two under 
dead heather in a birch and oak plantation, on May 24th, The 
species was first found in Yorkshire, previous to 1855, by 
Dr. Rk. H. Meade, who, however, gives no definite locality, and 
it has since been recorded for the Huddersfield district and 
Middleton-in-Teesdale by Mr. W. Falconer, and for Malham 
and the Rawthey Valley by Mr. W. P. Winter. Megabunus 
mmsignis is distinguished from all other British Phalangids by 
its very large eye-eminence which is armed on each side by 
five long divergent spines, . With this species fifteen of the 
twenty-four species of British Harvestmen have now been 
recorded in the East Riding.—T. STarnrortru, Hull. 
1915 Dec. 1. 
