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house, and afterwards conveyed to Halifax, where it was examined 

 by the curator of the museum {Brighouse and Rastrick Gazette^ Satur- 

 day, September 18th, 1875). Mr. Philip Lawton, of Easington, near 

 Spurn, in a letter to Mr. N. F. Dobree, of Beverley, states that he 

 had two brought to him by some neighbours in 1875, and that they 

 are of frequent occurrence in that neighbourhood. 



1876. 



The specimens which occurred in this country in 1876 appear to 

 have been almost entirely confined to our own county of York, as I 

 have only heard of two other specimens taken in that year, both of 

 them western in their distribution, the localities being the neighbour- 

 hood of Machynlleth in North Wales, and Wells in the county of 

 Somerset : while we are in possession of records of 22 taken in the 

 East and West Ridings, and one from the North Riding of our great 

 county. 



I will now give such particulars with regard to each occurrence as 

 I have been able to ascertain, arranging them, so far as it can be done, 

 in chronological sequence. 



1. One was taken on the 22nd of August, flying in the neighbour- 

 hood of Napier-street, Laister Dyke Station, Bradford, by Messrs. 

 W. A. Bruce and J. Bentley {Bradford Observer and Leeds Mercury'^ 

 Thursday, Aug. 24th, 1876). This specimen has since been exhibited 

 for a length of time in a Bradford shop-window. I have seen this 

 specimen several times, by the kindness of my friend Mr. Thos. Tate. 



2. About the same time one was caught in a field near to Messrs. 

 D. Evans and Son's factory, Armley Green, Leeds {Leeds Mercury, 

 Friday, August 25th, 1876). This example is now the property of 

 the Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society. 



3. One was taken on the 27th August, in a field belonging to Mr. 

 Simeon Woodhead, at Buttershaw, near the King's Head Inn, 

 Halifax-road {Bradford Observer^ Thursday, Sept. 7th, 1876. I was 

 not able to procure the loan of this individual, and consequently 

 have not had the opportunity of comparing it with the specimens in 

 my possession. 



4. One flew into a private watchman's box near East-parade 

 Chapel, Leeds, between three and four o'clock in the early morning 

 of the 30th of August, and was caught by the watchman, Mr. Thomas 

 Peacock, from whom I succeeded in obtaining it. In some respects 

 it is by far the finest of the 1876 specimens that have come under my 



