236 STEPHENSON S NATURAL HISTORY NOTES FROM WHITBY. 



1895, ^ Ia Y I 9 th - — Six Black-headed Gulls, several Herring Gulls and 

 a Cormorant in the harbour — wild weather, rough sea. They 

 have also been constantly observed during the three following 

 months. 



May 19th. — A Shag {Phalacrocorax graculus) apparently a wounded 

 bird, was seen in the harbour. 



May 24th.— Four Cormorants and Black-headed Gulls in the harbour. 



July nth.— Lesser Black-backed Gull {Lams fuscus) w&S seen here. 

 September 6th. — Turnstone {Strepsilas inter pres) shot on the sand. 



October 3rd. — Several Swallows {Hirundo rusticd) were seen in 

 Whitby apparently on the point of migration ; weather very 

 cold and wet. Wind W. by S. 



October 26th. — Two Guillemots {Lomvia troile) were taken on the 



sands. 



October 27th. — A Puffin {Fratercula arcticd) picked up on the sand. 



October 29th. — Common Guillemot {Lomvia troile) in the harbour; 

 it was in such an exhausted state that a boy in a boat picked it 

 fc up from the water. 



December 6th. — A fine large female Sparrow Hawk {Accipter nisus) 

 was shot near the town. 



A Storm Petrel {Procellaria pelagica) was captured at Bilsdale 

 last week by Mr. R. B. Brotton. — Whitby Gazette, 20th 

 December, 1895, 

 December 13th. — Merlin (Falco cesalon) y female, was taken in Goath- 

 land. 



A rara avis in the shape of a White Robin {Erithacus ruhecula) 

 was captured in Chubb-hill gardens three weeks ago by Mr. 



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Bulmer, a well known local bird fancier. — Whitby Times, 

 10th January, 1896. 



1896, January 24th. — Three Dunlin (Tri/iga alpind) were seen near 



the piers. 

 February 1st. — A flock of about 200 Scaup Ducks {Fuligula marila) 



were observed in the broken water on Whitby Rock, and 



frequented that place more or less till the middle of March, 



when they disappeared. 



February nth. — A Mealy Redpoll {Linota linaria) was caught at 

 Newholme, near Whitby. 



April 7th. — An Oystercatcher {Hamatopus ostrakgus) observed on 



Whitby sand. 

 April 8th.— Five Cormorants {Phalacrocorax carbo), a Red-throated 



Diver {Colymhus septentrionalis) and Herring Gulls {Lams 



argentatus) in Saltwick Bay, near Whitby. 



Naturalist, 



