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FIELD NOTES, 



BIRDS. 



Arctic Tern at Spofforth. — An adult Arctic Tern, in full 

 summer plumage, was picked up dead on Spofforth Hag-gs on 

 June 17th. Whatever caused this beautiful bird to wander so 

 far from its breeding haunts in the height of the nesting season 

 is a mystery. — R. Fortune, Harrogate. 



Nesting of the Tufted Duck and Great Crested Grebe in 

 Nidderdale. — Last year a pair of Great Crested Grebes nested 

 in Nidderdale and successfully reared a brood of three young 

 ones. They have again nested this year but have only managed 

 to rear one young one. Three pairs of Tufted Ducks have also 

 nested in the same locality, the exact position of which, for 

 obvious reasons, it is not wise to specify. A pair of Little Grebes 

 have their third nest, which to-day, July 15th, contains four 

 fresh eggs. — R. Fortune, Harrogate. 



REPTILES, 



Adders and Grass Snakes, the latter especially, some of 

 which are unusually large, have been very abundant in the 

 neighbourhood of Harrogate this year. Has a similar increase 

 in numbers been noticed in any other part of the county. — 

 R. Fortune, Harrogate. [Grass Snakes are very common this 

 year near Hull. — T. S.] 







FLOWERING PLANTS. 

 Astragalus danicus Retz. (vel. A. hypoglottis Linn.). — 



This plant, together with a rather small-flowered form of 

 Polygala, was found on Whit Monday, 12th June, growing 

 rather freely on roadside grassy mounds, between the village of 

 Garton-on-the-Woids and the monument to the late Sir Tatton 

 Sykes, near Sledmere. This pretty little purple milk vetch was 

 previously known in only two other East Raiding focalities — - 

 Langton Wold and Brandesburton. — J. Fraser Robinson, Hull. 



Serratala tinctoria L. near Doncaster. — Dr. Selby, who 

 had discovered the above-named plant growing near Bentley, 

 about one and a half miles from Doncaster, took me to the station 

 for it on Tuesday last. There we found it in fair abundance, 

 but limited to a small area on the side of the Great Central 

 Railway. As records for V.C. 63 are somewhat meagre, I 

 thought this worthy of note. — H. H. Corbett, Doncaster, 

 3rd August 1905. 



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