46 BIRDS. 



174. Milvus migrans {Bodd.). Black Kite. 



175. Nauclerus furcatus {L.). Swallow-tailed Kite. 



Accidental visitant from America, of extremely rare occur- 

 rence. 



Hardraw Scarr, near Hawes, one captured alive, Sept. 6, 

 1805 (Newton's Yarrell, i. p. 104-5). 



Other specimens are said to have been obtained near 

 Helmsley, May 25, 1859 ; and in Bolton Woods, forty or 

 fifty years ago (cf. Birds of Yorkshire, pp. 28, 29). 



176. Elanus caeruleus {Dssf.) Black-winged Kite. 



177. Pernis apivorus (Z.). Honey-Buzzard. 



Casual visitant, of uncommon occurrence in spring and 

 autumn, most frequent near the coast, and at the latter 

 season. 



178. Faico candicans G7?i. Greenland Falcon. 



Accidental visitant from Iceland, Greenland, Arctic North 

 America, and Northern Asia, of extremely rare occurrence. 



Sutton-on-Derwent, adult, Feb. 5, 1837 (Allis, Wood's Nat., 



1837, P- 53)- 

 Robin Hood's Bay, mature female, Nov. 25, 1854 (Roberts, 



Zool.j 1855, p. 4588); now in the Scarborough Museum. 



179. FaIco islandus Gmel. Iceland Falcon. 



Accidental visitant from Iceland and Southern Greenland, 

 of extremely rare occurrence. 



Guisborough, a young bird shot on the moors, March 1837 



(Hogg, Zool., 1845, p. 1052). 

 Marston Moor, one in the collection of Mr. C. C. Oxley, said 



to have been obtained in December, 1826 or 1836 (Birds 



of Yorkshire, p. 10). 



Upper Poppleton, near York, a young female shot Nov. i860 

 (Graham, Zool, 1861, p. 7312). Now in the Leeds 

 Museum. 



Filey Brigg, a pair, one shot, Oct. 4, 1864 (Birds of Yorkshire, 



P; lo)- 

 Whitby, a bird, probably of this species, found nailed up with 

 'other vermin' at Newton House in 1865 (Birds of York- 

 shire, p. 11). 



