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NO TES— ORNITHOLOGY. 



Goosander in Cleveland, Yorkshire. — A very fine specimen of the 

 male Goosander (Mergus merganser) was shot at Yarm on the 20th of 

 February 1900. — J. W. Fawcett, Satley, Darling-ton, 21st September 1900. 



Little Tern in Northumberland.— An immaiure specimen of the 



Little Tern {Sterna minutd) was picked up dead near Rothbury, on 23rd 

 August 1900, having been lost in the storm and fogs which prevailed at that 

 date. — J. W. Fawcett, Satley Grange, Darlington, 21st September 1900. 



Qannet at Sleights, near Whitby.— On 22nd August 1900, a male 

 specimen of the Gannet, or Solan Goose (Sula bassana), was caught near 

 Sleights Railway Station by a workman on the railway and killed. Its 

 stomach contained nothing but a little decomposed fish. — J. W. Fawcett, 

 Satley, Darlington, 21st September 1900. 



Red-crested Pochard at Redcar.— A fine specimen of the Red-crested 

 Pochard {Fuligula rufina) was shot on a marsh near Redcar on 20th January 

 1900, and is now in my possession. It is, I believe, the first recorded 

 example of this rare duck for Yorkshire. — T. H. Nelson, The Cliffe, Redcar,. 

 4th September 1900. 



Red-crested Pochard in Cleveland, Yorkshire.— About the 10th of 

 February of this year (1900) a Red-crested Pochard (Fuligula rufina Pall. )^ 

 a rare bird in the British Isles, was shot at Coatham, near Redcar, the bird 

 afterwards coming into the possession of Mr. A. Johnson, of Middlesbrough. 

 — J. W. Fawcett, Satley, Darlington, 21st September 1900. 



White Bullfinch in Cleveland. — A white Bullfinch (Fyrrhula pj/rrhula} 

 was obtained at Saltburn on the 26th August 1899. ^ * s a true albino with 

 pink eyes, and the feet even are white. It was preserved by Mr. George 

 Mussell, of Middlesbrough, and is now, I understand, in the possession of 

 its captor at Guisborough. — T. H. Nelson, The Cliffe, Redcar, 4th Sep- 

 tember 1900. 



Black-headed Gull Nesting near Keighley.— Cloug-h Hey reservoir 

 is situated on Keighley Moor, \ x / z miles west by south of Keighley. On 

 27th July last I noticed about a dozen Black-headed Gulls (Lartts ridibundiis) 

 here, and amongst the rushes at the west end of the reservoir I found 

 a young bird unfledged. I do not know of any record of the species breed 

 ing in that locality. — H. B. Muff, Heaton, Bradford, 8th August 1900. 



Stone Curlew in Cleveland. — An example of the Stone Curlew, or 

 Norfolk Plover (CEdicnemus oedicnemus) was brought to me on 15th 

 December 1899, by a man who had caught it alive, during a snowstorm, on 

 the sandhills east of Redcar. It had, however, been wounded, and died 

 next day. The occurrence of this species in Cleveland is, at any time, 

 unusual, but its presence here in mid-winter is so exceptional as to be 

 worthy of record. — T. H. Nelson, The Cliffe, Redcar, 4th September 1900. 



Nightjar on Seamer Moor. — On the 1st of August I was walking to 

 Scarborough in company with a friend. We were crossing Seamer Moor 

 when my little terrier put up a large bird from among the heather. The 

 bird affected lameness and dragged its long wings over the ground in 

 a most ludicrous manner. After only a moment's search my friend found a 

 couple of large eggs lying on the bare ground, with no nest or shelter of 

 any kind. They w T ere the eggs of the Nightjar or Goatsucker (Caprimtdgus 

 europceus). Considering they lay quite exposed and very near to the road, 

 where numbers of people were passing to and from the large camp on the 

 racecourse, it is extraordinary how they had escaped destruction or detec- 

 tion. The 1st of August seems a very late date for these eggs. Yarrell 

 says the Nightjar lays her eggs about 1st June. — W. d Hey, West Ayton, 

 Yorkshire, 2nd August 1900. 



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