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whin-beds near Bridlington. During the past thirty years, 

 however, it has only occurred in four instances, viz. : — A 

 female trapped at Cudworth, in April, 1869 ; a young male 

 shot at Beverley, Oct. 13, 187 1 ; an almost black specimen 

 shot at Wassand, early in 1872; and one said to have been 

 shot near Pocklington, in September, 1877. 



164. Circus cineraceus {Mont.). Montagu's Harrier. 



Casual visitant, of rare occurrence, chiefly as an autumn 

 migrant Formerly resident, and more widely distributed 

 than either C. (zruginosus or C. cyaneus. breeding in several 

 localities, as on Thorne Waste, at Hackness near Scar- 

 borough, near Whitby, on Barden Moor in Wharfedale in 

 i860, and near Bridlington, as late as 187 1. 



165. Circus cyaneus {L.). Hen-Harrier. 



Casual visitant, of very occasional occurrence, chiefly in 

 autumn, but also in winter and spring. Formerly bred 

 annually on the moorlands of North-eastern Yorkshire and 

 the carrs near Doncaster, the last nest being found on the 

 Danby Moors, about 1850. 



166. Buteo vulgaris Leach. Common Buzzard. 



Resident, but almost extinct, restricted to one — or at most two 

 — pairs, nesting in the North-western Fells ; observed rarely 

 as an autumn or winter visitant. Formerly this bird was 

 an abundant resident, especially amongst the crags of the 

 North-western Fells, and also in the larger woods. 



167. Archibuteo lagopus {Gm.). Rough-legged Buzzard. 



Winter visitant, occurring annually, but in varying numbers, 

 being scarce some years, whilst in others great flights arrive. 

 Most frequent in the vicinity of the coast. These autumn 

 immigrants are almost entirely immature birds, there being 

 indeed only one instance on record of the occurrence of an 

 adult. A pair bred for several years on the ground, amongst 

 heather, near Hackness, Scarborough (More, Ibis, 1865). 



168. Aquila clanga Pall. Larger Spotted Eagle. 



169. Aquila chrysaetus {L.). Golden Eagle. 



Casual visitant, of extremely rare occurrence. 



Stockeld Park, near Wetherby, one shot Nov. 29, 1804 

 (Denny, Leeds Cat). 



