106 WAITE: VERTEBRATES OF THE WESTERN AINSTY. 
Gallinula chloropus (Linn.). Waterhen. Moorhen. Resident, 
very abundant ; it breeds in all suitable places throughout the 
district. 
Fulica atra Linn. Coot. Resident, but not common. I have 
seen it at Wilstrop, where it breeds among the sedges on the 
banks of the Nidd. It is more numerous on the Wharfe, but not 
nearly so plentiful as the Waterhen. 
Otis tarda Linn. Great Bustard. A female in the York 
useum was shot on Rufforth Moor, near York, by Mr. Richard 
Rogers, on the 22nd February, 1861. (‘Allis Zoologist, 1861, 
p. 7507). My friend, Mr. John Harrison, tells me that he saw 
a female—no doubt the same bird—at Wilstrop a day or two 
previous to the date mentioned. 
CEdicnemus scolopax (Gmel.). Stone Curlew. Thick-knee. 
that one was caught ina flax field at Bilton by the 
Rev. Christopher Wilkinson, of Bilton Hall, ‘about 25 years 
pliant gallicus (Gmel.). Cream-coloured Courser. Denny, 
s Leeds catalogue (Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 1840) writes: 
CAs specimen was shot in April, 1816, in a fallow field, near 
Wetherby, by Mr. Rhodes, of that ON which afterwards came 
into the possession of George Walker, Esq., of Killingbeck 
Lodge, near Leeds. There cannot remain the least doubt as to 
the authenticity of the species.’ (See also Atkinson’s Comp. 
Ornith., 1820, p. 165). 
oe morinellus (Linn.). Dotterel. The late John 
ennant shot one at Wilstrop, and Mr. John Emmet tells me 
ae it has occurred at Boston Spa 
fe gialitis hiaticula (Linn.). Ringed Plover. A casual visitant. 
Seen on several occasions in the district in winter and spring. 
—_ curonica (Gmel.). Little Ringed Plover. One was 
hot in a ploughed field at Whixley (north of the Nidd) by 
ey James Styan, on July 30th, 1850. (‘ Garth. Zool.,’ 1859 
Pp. 2953)- 
Charadrius pluvialis Linn. Golden Plover. Occurs in small 
flocks in winter. It is rather more numerous after snow-storms, 
and especially so in severe seasons. 
Vanellus vulgaris Bechst. Lapwing. Resident; frequenting 
low-lying and poor land, and very abundant. In autumn its 
numbers are greatly increased by immigration. It breeds in all 
suitable localities throughout the district. ee” 
Naturalist, 
