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One at Whitby in the year 1851 or 1852, recorded in 

 Morris's Naturalist (1853, p. 84) by Mr. J. Braim. Another 

 in 1853 is mentioned in the same journal (1854, p. 80) as having 

 occurred at Richmond ; the authority being Mr. H, Smurthwaite. 



In i860 a fine male was shot at Sherburn, near Scarborough, 

 and recorded in the Zoologist (i860, p. 7104) by Mr. A. Roberts. 



Mr. Thomas Rhodes, late of Leeds, mentions one observed 

 by him at Hemsworth Dam, near Wakefield, in 1861 or 1862. 



Mr. Roberts mentions in Theakston's Scarborough Guide 

 (187 1) that two were killed near that place in 1862. 



A male shot whilst fishing in the river Swale near Richmond 

 on the 6th of July 1862 (Naturalist, 1865, p. 337). 



Mr. James Ingleby informs me that one was shot at Grantley 

 Hall, near Ripon, about the year 1863. 



A beautiful old female was shot at Skerne, near Driffield, on 

 the 4th of May 1864, and its occurrence communicated to the 

 Zoologist (1864, p. 9207) by Mr. W, W. Boulton of Beverley. 



The species is included in the catalogue of birds which had 

 been observed by the late Mr. Charles Waterton in Walton Park 

 (Dr. Hobson's Life of Waterton, 1866). 



At Harewood Bridge one was captured in June 1867 and 

 recorded by Mr. George Roberts in the Yorkshire Post (Feb, 

 15th, 1868). 



Mr. F. G. S. Rawson informs me that one was shot in the 

 Ryburne Valley, near Halifax, in June or July 1867. 



Mr. Richard Richardson of Beverley writes me that a male 

 was shot on the river Hull by Mr. Matthew Armstrong on the 

 8th of May 1867. 



One shot on Filey Brigg on the 14th of May 1867 is 

 mentioned by Mayhall in his History of Yorkshire (iii. p. 3). 



In 187 1, as Mr. Richardson of Beverley informs me, a female 

 was trapped at Pocklington on the 5th of September, and on 

 the 1 6th of the same month a male was shot at Hotham by Mr. 

 Brown, the keeper at Hotham Hall. 



