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Moody, falconer to Mr. W. H. St. Quintin, of Scampston, saw 

 several Bean Geese at Lowthorpe, and about fifty Whooper Swans 

 at Scampston. Two Bewick's Swans were obtained at Leyburn, 

 and a Brent Goose on the Swale, near Thirsk. A wild Gadwall, 

 a very scarce Duck in the county, was obtained near Scampston. 

 I am very sorry to have to record the slaughter of five Bitterns — 

 two near Scarborough, one near Beverley, one at Easington, 

 Holderness, and one at Lowthorpe. Several Little Auks were 

 got on the coast, and one was put out of a hedge-bottom and 

 caught by a Dog about three miles from York. Towards the end 

 of the month vast numbers of Duck were on the Humber, many 

 flying actually into the village of Easington, in which district one 

 man alone shot thirty to his own gun in a single day. Many 

 Duck also came inland, and great quantities of Dunlin within ten 

 miles of York. A wild Peregrine Falcon was observed near 

 Scampston feeding on a Mistle-Thrush. 



I cannot close these notes without referring to the very great 

 loss all ornithologists have sustained, and especially we in York- 

 shire, by the all too early deaths of Mr. John Cordeaux and Mr. 

 H. Bendelack Hewetson during this year. They were both per- 

 sonal friends of mine, and both took the greatest interest in all 

 that pertained to the bird-life of the county. Many a ramble 

 have I had with them both with gun and field-glass in the most 

 favoured bird resorts of the county which they both loved so well; 

 and it seems strange now, when I visit these places, not to hear 

 their cheery voices, and to be told by them all the latest bird 

 news. Well, we must all come to it sooner or later, and we shall 

 do well if, like them, we leave a few footprints behind us, how- 

 ever small, before we ourselves are summoned to join them in 

 the Happy Hunting Grounds. 



