NOTES—ORNITHOLOG Y. 
Late Occurrence of House Martins at Boroughbridge.—I saw three 
Iiouse Martins oars ne: cage about 7 streets. of Reronahietee this 
afew oon. I wate an or s aris and they several times came past my 
carriage within ee iy so late before so far north.— 
D. PAVER- Cuow, Oraliaties Hall, Porvighinie, 19th November, 1891. 
Grey Phalarope near Harrogate.—On October 16th, a specimen of the 
Grey Seong Prloape Padicarins) was shot in a marshy field at Beckwith- 
shaw, near Harr age bird, and was shot with a catapult. When 
seen ie es eodeals sg as - owe ed everal oe to be fired before it was 
secured.— RILEY FORTUNE, 1 poleeante Nov. 8th, 
Grey Phalarope at Ackworth.—On the egbas of — 0 - ci + 
Evans, of Flounders College, Ackworth, sent t e, for tifica e mu 
mutilated skin of a bird. It proved to be a Grey Phaisrope (Phalerepu Fart 
in winter plumage. Mr. Evans has since forwarded me the foll articulars 
: ; : : ‘ : 
iced very tam as. Ty inform er 
through the hands of two or three people the kin eventually came into mine 
in ie same condition as tert : forwarded it to you.,—EDGAR R. WAITE, The 
Flam No 
W peloutia “(Sc olopax rustica, Hooded Crows ( Cisse voi and floc ces of 
Jackdaws (C. moneduia), se oe in from the sea. Fieldfares faye pilarts), 
Redwine (7. iliacus), cer ae (Plectrophanes nivalis), a apt: ore Larks 
(Otocorys alpestris), have arrived on the Headlan d. Some r five Great 
Shrikes (Zazzzs paige also half-a- pet n Peregrine Falcons ( (Fate o peregrint) 
and, ee to say, two large Eagles (Hatiactus albicilla) have been seen about t 
Headlan Nov. I ith, I had pos in, to preserve, a splendid pra re of he 
W: xing (Ampelis sarreel hot by Mr. John Huddleston, farmer, Flam- 
borough. 18t h, just at du 
r 
en along the coast, and the fish me they have se flock 
Kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla), At the North Landing, Mr. Saltfleet shot a 
nes : bre (Xema sabinit), a very fine oa ae pk Three la rge Whales have been 
upon the beach, also another one off the South Landing. —MATTHEW 
Teas, pi Nov. 2oth, ag 
Buffon’s Skua at Workington.—On the mouing of Monday, the ea 
the present month, after the Se high tide of the penn = midni ae 
mage, 
o be 
tailed description of the ‘bird - my — Rev. H. A. Macpherson, M.B.O. V+» 
pr "Carlisle, from whose reply I quo’ e—‘ Your bird is probably Buffon’s er 
(Stercorarius paras. os and very iikely one pe r. Thomas Mann shot 4 
and lost. ‘There e been about ten of these Skuas secured altogether, five 
‘ene and five old birds, All that I have seen are of this species, and yours, RO 
igrating dow 
sett oe 
antr that they possess a ve ery otk collection. of st ats birds, psa and set up by 
their own hands. chads Hopcson, Workington, October 30th. pci 
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