42 MONTAGUS HARRIER. 



being all that has been placed on record or communicated 

 to me : — 



Mr. Allis (1844) reported, on the authority of Mr. Hugh 

 Reid of Doncaster, that one in the possession of the Rev. R. 

 Lucas, of Edith Weston, was shot ten years before ; also that Mr. 

 H. Chapman of York had had the bird, but it was of rare 

 occurrence. 



Mr. John Grey recorded in the Zoologist (1845, p. 1054) 

 a pair shot near Guisborough in 1845, which passed into the col- 

 lection of Mr. C. Newby of Stockton-on-Tees. 



An adult male in the collection of Mr. A. Clapham of Scar- 

 borough was killed in a quarry near CTarforth at Christmas, 1846 ; 

 and that gentleman also informs me that he has had sent him 

 several specimens by the gamekeeper at Skipwith Manor, near 

 York. 



One shot at Escrick, about the 15 th of October, 1849, was 

 recorded in the Zoologist (1850, p. 2649) by Dr. Morris. 



A fine old male was shot near Brompton, Northallerton, in 

 the year 1856 (D. Graham, Zoologist, 1856, p. 5251). 



On the 19th of June, 1867, an adult female was shot on 

 Kilnsea Warren, by John Clubley, and preserved by Mr. Richard- 

 son of Beverley. 



About the same year, one shot at Littlebeck was stuffed by 

 Mr. Kitching of Whitby. 



One in the possession of Mr. George Brook, ter., was shot in 

 Rash Gill, near the head of Swaledale, in the spring of 1870. 



Mr. Jno. Cordeaux mentions in his Birds of the Humber 

 District that " Two immature females in Mr. Boulton's collection 

 were shot of late years in Holderness." 



On the 14th of May, 1875, ^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ at Acaster Malbis 

 near York, and recorded in the Naturalist (1875, P- ^°)- 



Mr. A. Roberts of Scarborough preserved a fine male shot 

 on Seamer Moor in April of the present year (1880). 



Trans. V.N.U., 1878 (pub. IfeSO), Series B 



