Clarke and Roebuck : Vertebrate Fauna of Yorkshire. 171 



tlie Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh on the 21st of February, 

 1883, " On the Stock-dove (Columba oenas), with remarks upon its 

 extension of range in Great Britain." From this we quote Clarke's 

 concluding remarks, which appear as a footnote : — " Since the above 

 was penned I have instituted further inquiries into the range and 

 spread of the stock-dove in Yorkshire, with the chief result that I 

 am informed, on the reliable authority of Mr. Boyes, that 

 warreners now alive remember this bird being numerous on the 

 Wolds sixty years ago^ when it was their perquisite. Thus it is a 

 most interesting fact that at a period when the stock-dove was 

 almost, if not quite, unknown elsewhere in the county, it was 

 common on the vast wolds of the East Riding. 1 am inclined to 

 think that Y'orkshire and other neighbouring counties have been 

 peopled with stock-doves from this source, for with the gradual 

 enclosure and cultivation of these great warrens we find a simulta- 

 neous and equally gradual spread of this species has taken place." 



252. Caccabis I'ufa (L.). Red-legged Partridge. 



Mr. C. Fullerton Smith (Field, Feb. 10, 1883, p. 184) gives 

 notes on the introduction of this species into Yorkshire. At 

 Hornby Castle they were turned down in 1846-7, but afterwards 

 shot off. The same thing took place at Swinton, near Masham. At 

 Ingleby, in the North Riding, some twenty years ago, about fifty 

 brace were turned down by Lord de L'Isle, and now, on the 

 neighbouring manors of Ormsby and Deighton a few brace are shot 

 every season. This information is interesting, and supplies material 

 upon the subject of the introduction of this species into the 

 county, which we were unable to obtain in 1881. 



253. Gaccabis petrosa (Gni.). Barhary Partridge. 



Mr. Boyes informs us that the Beverley specimen was an escape ; 

 he had an opportunity of examining the bird, and found it to be 

 pinioned. This species must therefore be eliminated from the 

 county list. 



264. Porzana hailloni (Vieill.) Baillons Crake. 



The Goole specimen proved on examination to be an immature 

 example of C. mametta, the spotted crake (Clarke). Additional 

 occurrence: Holmpton, in Holderness, one shot in 1880, now in 

 the collection of the Rev. H. H. Slater (Slater, MS.). 



272. Otis tarda, L. Great Bustard. 



Additional information has been obtained on the former occurrence 

 of this fine species, which it is proposed to reserve for a future article 



