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The Kite has also been obtained or has occurred as follows, 

 but unfortunately without any indication of date. 



Mr. P. Inchbald mentioned it as occurring rarely near Halifax 

 (Huddersfield catalogue, 1859). 



Mr. A. Roberts of Scarborough informs me that four specimens 

 have passed through his hands for preservation, all obtained near 

 Seamer ; one of these is now in the collection of Mr. A. Clapham, 

 and another in that of Mr. John Young. T. he last was obtained 

 three or four years before 1879. 



One was preserved by Mr. R. Lee which had been shot near 

 Thirkleby, about three miles from Thirsk. No date given but 

 since 1867. 



The reports of the occurrence of this bird should be received 

 with caution, as my experience is that in the mountainous portions 

 of the county the Buzzard is usually known by the names of Kite 

 or Glead, and this is also the case in North Wales, where the 

 former synonym applies. 



NAUCLERUS FUECATUS (L.) 

 Swallow-tailed Kite. 



A rare and accidental visitant. 



Three specimens of this wanderer from the 'Far West' are 

 reported to have visited our county. One of these, an undoubted 

 occurrence, has passed into history, and I cannot do better than 

 quote the particulars of it from Professor Newton's admirable 

 edition of ' Yarrell's British Birds': — 



" In the extracts from the Minute Book of the Linnean Society 

 printed at the end of the Fourteenth volume of its 'Transactions ' 

 (p. 583) under date " Nov. 4, 1823 " there is a notice of a commu- 

 nication by Dr. Sims mentioning, on the authority of the late Mr. 

 Fothergill of Carr End near Arkrigg [Askrigg] in Yorkshire, the 



