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have come under Clarke's notice, it is in all probability not only an 

 annual winter visitant, but, perhaps, of much more frequent 

 occurrence than is suspected. 

 93. Linota linaria (L.). Mealy Redpoll. 



The year 1881 may be added to the list of seasons in which this 

 species occurred in large flocks in the county. 



96. Linota flavirostris (L.). Twite. 



Mr. Allis's statement that this bird had bred on Thorne Waste 

 is paralleled by the observations of the Rev. H. H. Slater (Nat., 

 1882, p. 179), who found it nesting on Pilmoor, near Thirsk, a 

 similar low-lying locality. 



107. Emheriza cirlus L. Cirl Bunting. 



Additional occurrence : Fen Bog, near Whitby, a female shot on 

 the 28th of February, 1882, now in the Whitby Museum. Two 

 others were seen at the same time and place (Stephenson). 



108. Emheriza Jiortulana L. Ortolan Bunting. 



The specimen captured off the Yorkshire coast, which served for 

 Bewick's figure, is now, according to Seebohm's " British Birds " 

 (vol. ii., p. 153) in the Newcastle Museum. 



109. Emheriza rustica VqR. Musiic Bunting. 



An addition to the avifauna — an accidental visitant from North 

 Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. 



Easington, a female (T), shot September 17th, 1881, (Clarke, 

 ZooL, 1881, p. 465 ; Nat, 1881, p. 57 ; Ibis, 1882, p. 181.) 



133. Gypselus melba (L.). Alpine Sioift. 



Additional occurrence : Huddersfield, a female brought in the flesh 

 to Mr. S. L. Mosley, on the 2nd of June, 1881, which had been 

 found in an exhausted condition a day or two before (Mosley, MS.) 



139. Ficus mionr L. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker. 



Mr. Thomas Carter, of Mash am, informs us that this species occurs 

 about Aysgarth, in Wensleydale, and around Masham. 



141. lynx torquilla L. Wryneck. 



Is an annual summer visitant to Walton Park, near Wakefield 

 (H. B. Hewetson). 



143. Goracias gar7niliis L. Roller. 



One was seen by Mr. H. T. Archer on the banks of the Wharf e, 

 near Hkley, about the end of July, 1881. (Archer, Field, August 

 Gth, 1881, p. 193, and MS.) 



