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FIELD NOTES. 



BIRDS. 



Green Sandpiper and Dunlin at Thirsk.— Mr. R. Lee 



informs me that a green Sandpiper was obtained at Thirsk 

 about September 17th. A httle girl picked up a Dunhn which 

 was running about the road with a broken wing, evidently 

 damaged by flying against the telegraph wire. It died the 

 following da}^ — R. Fortune. 



Bird Notes from Scarborough. — A pair of Pied Fly- 

 catchers has each summer for the last three years built its 

 nest, and reared its young in the same tree at Langdale 

 End. Dippers have successfully hatched out a brood on the 

 Scalb}^ Beck, within one hundred and fifty yards of the open 

 sea. — Stanley Crook, Scarborough. 



Dotterel near Boroughbridge. — Dr. Steward informs 

 me that when shooting to-day (October 9th) near Borough- 

 bridge, a Dotterel was obtained by one of the party. The 

 plumage was in a transitory condition between summer and 

 winter. The locality and the time of year make the event 

 worth recording. — R. Fortune. 



The Crossbill Migration. — During the month of July, 

 the Crossbill visited the Whitby district in considerable num- 

 bers. At Carr Mount Gardens, about three miles from Whitby, 

 about forty were seen on the loth, and one was picked up dead 

 under some telephone wires, which had probably been the cause 

 of its death. On the 14th, another was found in a dying state, 

 near Whitby, and about the 19th a third was shot out of a 

 flock of a dozen or so, which for a few days frequented a large 

 garden on the outskirts of the town. All three were females or 

 young birds. — Thos. Stephenson, Whitby, October nth, 1909. 



Late Nesting of the Barn Owl. — At Plumpton, near 

 Harrogate, a pair of Barn Owls had young in the nest on Sep- 

 tember 17th. They left the nest or were taken between that 

 date and the 19th. The curious fact in connection with these 

 birds is that it is their invariable practice to hatch their young 

 either at the latter end of August or the beginning of September. 

 Dr. Steward and myself have had them under observation for 

 some years. They usually nest in the same tree, but occasion- 

 ally frequent another one near at hand. No attempt is made 

 at nesting during what may be considered the regular months, 

 so that the brood is not a second one, as anyone finding them 



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