140 McLean: Avifauna of Staithes and Loftus-in-Cleveland. 
in 1873, near the moor, as having red legs and very dark on 
back. Unfortunately the specimen was not preserved. 
Falco xsalon. Merlin. At one time nested regularly in the 
district on the higher part of the Waupley Moors; is now 
only occasionally seen. 
Tinnunculus tinnunculus. Kestrel. Very common, breeding 
both in the cliffs on the coast and in the woods. 
Pandion haliaétus. Osprey. Several obtained in the neigh- 
od some years ago, but I can only learn of one within 
the last thirty years, which was shot by Mr. R. Stonehouse, 
of Skinningrove, October 1870. 
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Nez e highest point on the coast of England, amongst a heap of huge rocks 
which re ive dea from the rs ice of the cliff +, the Corm orants breed. Along the shelves 
higher up amongst the shale and stunted grass roots, the Herring Gulls nest in enor- 
mous quantities, and the — crevices are the attr of Starlings, Jackdaws, Rock 
Pigeons, Swifts, and cast zee — Martins also find aaseabhy places for their 
mud nests under the wit g ledg 
PELECANID 
Phalacrocorax carbo. Cormorant. To be seen in some 
numbers breeding regularly in the cliffs near to Rockcliff. 
Naturalist, 
