532 SMITH : NOTES ON THE BIRDS OF CENTRAL RYEDALE. 



Crex pratensis Bechst. Corn Crake. (Local name, Corndrake). 



A regular summer visitant ; fairly numerous ; breeds. 

 Gallinula chloropus (L.). Moor Hen. (Local name, Water 



Hen). Resident ; fairly numerous ; nests regularly. 

 Fulica atra (L.). Coot. Has been observed here years ago; 



is seldom seen now. 

 CEdicnemus scolopax (S.G.Gmel.). Stone Curlew. A casual 



visitor. Last seen here in April and May, 1883, when three 



birds remained on Harome Common two or three weeks. 

 Charadrius pluvialis L. Golden Plover. A regular winter 



visitor ; sometimes numerous. 

 Squatarola helvetica (L.). Grey Plover. An occasional 



visitor in winter, and on migration. 

 Vanellus vulgaris Bechst. Lapwing. (Local name, Tewitt). 



Resident ; very numerous ; nests regularly. 

 Scolopax rusticola L. Woodcock. A regular visitor in 



autumn and winter ; but not numerous. 

 Gallinago ccelestis (Frenz.). Common Snipe. Common in 



autumn and winter, and has been observed in summer. 

 Limnocryptes gallinula (L.). Jack Snipe. A winter 



visitant ; less numerous than formerly. 

 Tringoides hypoleucos (L.). Common Sandpiper. A 



summer visitant ; fairly numerous ; nests regularly. 

 Helodromas ochropus (L.). Green Sandpiper. A regular 



visitant in spring and autumn, but not numerous. I obtained 



two specimens in August 1888, which are now in the possession 



of Mr. James Backhouse, jun. 

 Numenius arquata (L). Curlew. A casual visitant. One 



killed at Shaw Moor Farm, Harome, in 1883. 

 Sterna fluviatilis Naum. Common Tern. An occasional 



visitor to the Rye. Less numerous than formerly. 

 Rissa tridactyla (L.). Kittiwake. Formerly a frequent visitor ; 



seldom seen now; four passed over here August 15th, 1888. 

 Larus argentatus Gmel. Herring Gull. 

 Larus canus L. Common Gull. 



Both these species regularly visit this locality in the early 



spring ; sometimes in considerable numbers. About ten or 



eleven years ago some hundreds frequented the fields near the 



Rye and the Riccal, remaining in the neighbourhood for two 



or three weeks. 

 Larus ridibundus L. Black-headed Gull. A regular 



spring visitant, but not numerous. 



Naturalist, 



