98 WAITE: VERTEBRATES OF THE WESTERN AINSTY. 
Asio accipitrinus (Pall.). Short-eared Owl. Rare, and when 
seen it is generally in the winter. It has, however, occurred at 
other seasons of the year; one at Wilstrop zrst June, 1878 
(Clarke, Zool., 1880, p. 353). Mr. J. G. Blanshard has one in 
his possession, which he shot at Walton in the spring of 1831, 
and Mr. John Harrison saw one in June, 1889, flying in the 
sunshine. 
Syrnium aluco (Linn.). Tawny Owl. Brown Owl. Resident, 
and fairly common, more so than any other Owl in the district, 
in most of the woods of which it breeds. 
Scops giu (Scop.). Scops Owl. One, now in the possession of 
Mr. Charles Fothergill, of York, was shot at Wetherby in the 
spring of 1805. (Mont. Ornith. Dict. Supp.). 
Circus cineraceus (Mont.). Montagu’s Harrier. Mr. John 
Harrison tells me that he saw a male at Wilstrop on June 3rd, 
1886. 
eit Byavens (Linn.). Hen Harrier. The late Henry Denny, 
Leeds Catalogue (Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 1840), 
mentions it as being rare, and gives Thorp Arch as one of the 
localities where it had occurred. An example has been obtained 
near Wetherby, and another was picked up dead in a rookery at 
Thorparch about 1874. 
Buteo vulgaris Leach. Common Buzzard. In the Leeds 
Catalogue above mentioned Denny cites it as rare, and gives 
North Deighton as one of the localities in which it had occurred. 
Mr. J. Redfern, the keeper at Wighill Park, has a very fine 
example, which he trapped there in November 1887. 
Mr. Francis G. Binnie, of the Edinburgh University, sends me 
an account of the Common Buzzard, from which it seems 
probable that it has bred in the district. He writes :—‘I find 
in my diary under date 27th February, 1868, the following note: 
*“* Mr. Simpson (bird-stuffer, York) told me that some years since 
he had bought from some boys at Tadcaster a pair of young 
Hawks, which, on rearing, turned out to be this species. The 
old birds had been seen several times afterwards.”’ 
Archibuteo lagopus (Gmel.). Rough-legged Buzzard. 
Mr. Harrison informs me that one was shot at near Wilstrop by 
a keeper, who, however, failed to secure the bird. 
Aquila chrysaetus (Linn.). Golden Eagle. ‘ But one instance 
of this bird has occurred, which was a specimen shot in Stockeld 
Park, near Wetherby, November 29th, 1804’ (Henry Denny, 
Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 1840). 
Naturalist, 
