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Yorkshire, one (Pennant, B. Zool., 1768, i. 157). 



Horton, near Bradford, one, about 1824 (Denny, Leeds Cat.). 



Harrogate, one taken alive in the summer of 1832 (Allis). 

 Probably an escape. 



Off Flamborough Head, one captured alive (Hawkridge, 

 Wood's Nat., 1838, p. 155). 



Greetland, near Halifax, one seen, Nov. 1845 (Birds of York- 

 shire, p. 50). 



Ilkley, one captured on Rombalds Moor, July, 1876 (Birds 

 of Yorkshire, p. 51). Probably an escape. 



Scarborough, one seen Oct. 30, 1879 (Clarke, Zool., 1880, p. 



35S). _ 

 The specimen recorded by Morris (B. Birds, 1S51, i. 181) as 



shot at Clifton Castle, near Bedale, proves on investigation 



to be an escape from Hornby Castle. 



160. Athene noctua {Refz.). Little Owl. 



Accidental visitant, from Continental Europe, of extremely 

 rare occurrence. Has been recorded as a Yorkshire bird 

 by Pennant (1768), by Berkenhout (1778), by Fothergill 

 (1799), by Yarrell (1843), and by subsequent writers, and 

 as late as Prof Newton's edition of Yarrell (187 1), but 

 with an entire absence of particulars as to localities and 

 dates. It is supposed to have occurred near Halifax 

 (Leyland, 1828). 



Sub-order ACCiriTRES. 



Fam. VULTITRIDJE. 



161. Gyps fulvus {Gmel.). Griffon Vulture. 



162. Neophron percnopterus (X.). Egyptian Vulture. 



Fam. FALCONID^. 



163. Circus aeruginosus {L.). Marsh-Harrier. 



Casual visitant, of extremely rare occurrence; formerly nested 

 in one or two localities. At the commencement of the 

 present century this species bred commonly in the ' carrs ' 

 round Doncaster and Hatfield, and occasionally in the 



