210 STEPHENSON : NATURAL HISTORY NOTES FROM WHITBY. 
May r19th.—Several Quails (Coturnix communis) were heard and 
seen near Mayfield and Ruswarp, and supposed to have bred 
there. ‘On Saturday [20th May] a dead Quail was picked up on 
the railway, having evidently been killed by the telegraph 
wires. —Whitby Gazette, May 26th, 1893. 
May 28th.—A Raven (Corvus corax) was seen by George Kitching 
and William Bell on Stape Moor. 
June 27th.—A Redshank (Zo¢anus calidris) was shot at Goathland. 
July 1st.—Two Lesser Black-backed Gulls (Zarus fuscus) were seen 
here. 
Jan. 7th, 1894.—Numbers varying from five or six to about two 
hundred Scaup and other Ducks frequented Whitby Harbour, 
the Rock, and vicinity from this date to about the middle of 
March ; several were shot, all of which proved to be Scaup 
Ducks (Fuligula marila). 
Jan. r1th.—A Lesser Black-backed a et reed fuscus) was seen 
in the harbour by George Kitch 
Jan. 26th.—Two Coots (Pudica eae seen in Whitby Harbour and 
remajned several days 
Jan. 26th.—Short-eared Owl (Asio accipitrinus) captured at Raithwaite. 
Jan. 30th.—Mature Black-headed Gull (Larus ‘ridibundus) seen in 
Whitby Harbour; and subsequently several were observed, 
many of the immature birds having been changing for summer 
plumage. 
Feb. 21st.—I saw a bird diving near the West Pier which appeared, 
by the aid of my telescope, to be a Bridled Guillemot. 
Feb. 23rd.—A Razor Bill (A/ca torda) in the harbour, which a fisher- 
man killed afterwards with an oar. 
March 29th.—Ray’s Wagtail (Motacilla rait) heard and seen by 
George Kitching up the river near the gasworks. 
April.—A Wigeon (Mareca penelope) was seen outside Whitby — 
Harbour for three or four days. 
FISHES. 
April 2nd, 1892.—A large number of Cod (Gadus morrhua), 
Haddock (G. eglefinus), Whiting (G. merlangus), Flat Fish 
(various species), Wolf-fish (Anarrhichas lupus), and Anglers; 
here called Devil-fish (Zophius piscatorius), were brought into 
Whitby by the trawler ‘ Taskar,’ of Scarborough. 
Nov. 18th.—A fine specimen of Red Gurnard (Zvig/a cuculus) was 
caught by — Patten and brought into Whitby 
Sep. 28th, 1893.—Large Garfish (Be/one vulgaris) was brought into 
the Harbour. 
Mee 
Naturalist, — 
