STATUS OF THE WOODCHAT IN GREAT BRITAIN. 347 



Durham. — Bewick in 1826 figured a Shrike which was shot 

 at Auton Stile in this county in September, 1824, and which he 

 supposed was a Woodchat, but as remarked by Selby (' Illustr. 

 Brit. Orn.,' i. p. 154), it is not so fully described as satisfactorily 

 to identify the species, and the figure bears a greater resemblance 

 to the female or young of Lanius collurio than to any state of the 

 adult Woodchat ; for the female of this species, like the male, 

 possesses the distinguishing patch of white upon the scapulary 

 feathers. It is possible, however, that it may have been a young 

 Woodchat, in which case it would resemble the female of the 

 Kedbacked Shrike. 



Cumberland. — One seen by Mr. Dickinson near Stainburn 

 tannery in the spring of 1872 (Macpherson and Duckworth's 

 1 Birds of Cumberland,' p. 29). Another seen " at Woodside, 

 many years since, by James Cooper (J. B. Hodgkinson MS.)" 

 (op. cit.). 



Lancashire. — One shot near Lancaster (MSS. of late Kevd. 

 J. D. Banister, quoted by Mitchell ('Birds of Lancashire,' p. 50). 

 Another shot at Walton-le-dale, 1870 (op. cit.). 



Yorkshire. — One received by Leadbeater in a fresh condition, 

 and stated to have been killed in Yorkshire (Selby, ' Illust. Brit. 

 Orn.,' vol. i. p. 153). Two young birds obtained at Scarborough 

 by Mr. A. S. Bell, 1860-61 (Eagle Clarke, ' Birds of Yorks,' 

 p. 61). An adult male shot at Hackness, near Scarborough in 

 June, 1881. In Mr. K. Chase's collection. 



Norfolk. — One killed near Beechamwell, fide Scales, who 

 had known it to breed and rear its young there (Stevenson's 

 ' Birds of Norfolk,' p. 64). One killed at Swaffham, recorded by 

 Lubbock, and said by him to have been in Mr. Hamond's col- 

 lection. This is possibly the bird seen by the Pvevd. B. Hamond 

 of Swaffham, and followed by him for a considerable distance, as 

 recorded by Selby ('Illust. Brit. Orn.,' vol. i. p. 153). A male, 

 nearly adult, shot at Yarmouth, 29th April, 1859. In Mr. J. H. 

 Gurney's collection. An adult male shot in the Apollo Gardens, 

 Gt. Yarmouth, and received in the flesh, on the 16th May, 1885, 

 by Mr. B. W. Chase of Edgbaston, who heard that several others 

 were obtained on the east coast further north. In Mr. Chase's 

 collection (Zool. 1886, p. 27). Mr. J. H. Gurney, in 1884, con- 

 sidered that this was the only veritable Norfolk specimen (List 

 of Birds in Mason's ' History of Norfolk '). 



