6 NOTES—MAMMALIA AND ORNITHOLOGY. 
Vanellus vulgaris Bechstein. Lapwing. Came in at intervals 
during October, but in no very marked rush. 
Accipiter nisus (L.). Sparrow Hawk. October zoth. About 
this date many, and following days. 
Turdus pilaris L. Fieldfare. November 1st. The chief 
flocks came at this date, also many Redwings. 
ye monedula L. Daw. November, first week. There 
as an extraordinary immigration of this bird observed at 
taeton. flocks, in some cases numbering 50 to 60, constantly 
coming in from the sea and this for three or four days in 
succession. 
Otocorys alpestris (L). Shore-lark. At the end of October 
and early in November on the coast near Easington, and 
subsequently mixed with Larks and rising with them. One 
flock I was told had at least 100 birds in it. 
Buteo lagopus (J. F. Gmelin). Rough-legged Buzzard. 
One shot at Winestead near Patrington in the second week of 
November. Mr. Fieldsend, of Lincoln, also received one from 
Friskney in that county. There is a third record, but I have 
misplaced the notice. 
NOTE—MAMMALIA, 
Whiskered —I have recently examined a Whiskered 
Bat ( Vespertilio mystacinus), which “a fone at Hest Bank, near Morecambe, in 
anna 1887. Mr. G. F. Gee, to whom the specimen belongs, informs me that 
the Bat was found on so eon where a [hen was ari it.—CuHas. OLDHAM, 
Sale, December 8th, 
NOTES—ORNITHOLOGY. 
Nesting of the Woodcock near Bradford, 1894.—Four eggs of th 
beara | Scalopae rusticola) were found by som c boys in * wood near t Bradford 
S$ season.— WILLIAM Hewett, York, October 28th, 
some f of the Hawfinch Woods.— he t and eggs of this 
handsome pr Coch hransa vulgaris) were obtained this syatorsitte in Bolton 
e branch of a tree overhanging the Strid.—WILLIAM HEweETT, 
York, Setoher sa 1894. 
Nesting of the Turtle Dove near Skipwith in 1894.— The Rev. C. D. 
Ash, M.A., of Skipwith Vicaraye, near Selby, informs me that the Turtle Dove 
( Turtur turtur) which is a very local bird in Yorkshire, has this season bred near 
Serrity and that he has seen the nest arte with the old and young birds. — 
AM Hewett, York, October 28th zea 
ancachira 
Grey Phalarope —A Grey Phalarope (Phalaropus 
cage ge was — on the shore at Southport b by Mr. G. F. Gee, of Manchester 
the 5th of Novem ast, and its occurrence was recorded in the columns of 
the idigeans City News’ for November roth. Mr. Gee, who has eyed 
allowed me to examine the bird, states that a second Phalarope was seen ae the 
same time but was not obtained. —CHas, OLDHAM, Sale, December 8th, 
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