4 CLARKE: THE BIRDS OF YORKSHIRE. 



Mr. C. C. Oxley of Ripon has in his collection an Eagle of 

 this species, shot near Marske Church in October 1836. This is 

 the bird recorded by Mr. John Grey as a Golden Eagle, in the 

 Zoologist for 1845 (p. 1051). 



Mr. Patrick Hawkridge recorded in Neville Wood's Naturalist, 

 (1837, p, 324) one shot at Haverah Park, which was presented 

 to the Scarborough Museum by Sir W. A. Ingilby of Ripley 

 Castle. 



Mr. Thomas Allis in 1844 mentioned one shot at Okely in 

 the West Riding, which found its way into the- collection of Mr. 

 John Childers. 



Mr. Sterland in his ' Birds of Sherwood Forest ' mentions an 

 immature bird which was shot at Laughton-en-le-Morthen on the 

 13th of January 1857, after a fortnight's sojourn in the neigh- 

 bourhood. 



In October 1863 one was shot at Speeton CUffs by Thomas 

 Leng, after several unsuccessful attempts. It was preserved by 

 Mr. Matthew Bailey of Flamborough, who has kindly given me 

 this information, and further states that the bird measured thirty- 

 nine inches from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail, and 7 feet 

 6 inches in expanse of wing. This bird passed into the collection 

 of Captain Crowe of Speeton. Not very long before this, 

 (Jan. 1 861) Leng shot another bird of this species, which is now 

 in the possession of Mr. M. Bailey. In both instances the age 

 is given by Mr. Bailey as about three years. 



Mr, Roberts of Scarborough informs me that one was obtained 

 at Wykeharn in 1864; and another on Seamer Moor, which, 

 when observed, was mobbed by hundreds of Rooks. 



A fine male, shot at Long Pain, Bedale Wood, near Scar- 

 borough, on the 17th of January 1865, and sent to Mr. Graham 

 of York to stuff by Lady Downe, was exhibited at a meeting of 

 the Yorkshire Naturalists' Club. Mr. Graham remarked that it 

 had been noticed in the neighbourhood for several winters. This 

 information is however too vague to warrant any opinion as to the 

 maturity or immaturity of the bird. 



Trans. Y.N.U., 1879. Series B 



