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Feb. 14. — A pair of Great Crested Grebes and several Tufted Ducks on 
the lake at Dringhouses. Rooks commenced repairing nests in 
some trees in the City. 
,, 19. — Hen Harrier female killed at East Cottingwith. 
,, 20. — Woodcock seen at Sandburn. 
Mar. 26 — Yellow Wagtails seen at Leeming Bar (H. Houseman). 
April 1. — Chiff Chaff arrived at Skelton. 
,, 9. — A pair of Hawfinches at Castle Howard (E.W.T.) 
,, 10. — Blackcap seen and heard at Heworth, May 5th, York (E.W.T.) 
,, 13. — Willow Warbler seen and heard at Heworth, May 5th, York 
(E.W.T.). 
,, 15. — Cuckoo arrived at Fairfield ; 19th, Huntington ; 28th,. 
Knavesmire ; 21st, Askham Bog ; May 7th, Heworth. 
,, 18 — Swallows arrived at Dringhouses ; 19th, Strensall ; 23rd,. 
York and Stamford Bridge. 
,, 18 — House Martin, Dringhouses. 
,, 20. — Long-eared Owl nest and eggs and young at Strensall, and a 
Carrion Crow’s nest with eggs. 
,, 24. — Curlew, three pairs seen at Strensall ; visited nesting boxes 
at Sandburn. One had a nest of Great Spotted Woodpecker ; 
others contained nests and eggs of Blue Tit and Coal Tit, and 
all the others were being supplied with nesting material by 
species that were not determined. 
,, 24. — Tree Pipit seen at Dringhouses, and again on the 28th. 
,, 27. — Several nests with eggs of Redshank and Snipe at Wheldrake. 
,, 30 — Landrail arrived Stamford Bridge ; May 8th, York (E.W.T.) ; 
May 1st, Cottingwith. 
,, 30. — Sand Martin arrived Stamford Bridge ; May 13th, Grimston. 
May 1. — Swift arrived East Cottingwith ; May 7th, York (E. W. T.) ; 
May 8th, York (S.H.S.). 
,, 4. — Black -headed Gulls very numerous at Skipwith, and nests 
and eggs of Mallard, Teal, Shoveller, Tufted Duck, Pochard,. 
Redshank, and Snipe were seen. 
,, 5 - — Wood Warbler seen at York. 
,, 7. — Sedge Warbler seen at Askham Bog ; May 13th, Grimston. 
,, 10. — Wheatear nest and eggs at Dringhouses. 
,, 13. — Whinchat seen at Grimston. 
,, 15. — Nests with eggs of Hawfinch and Goldfinch seen at York. 
16. — Nightjar heard at Sandburn. 
,, 22. — Woodcocks nest with young birds seen at Sandburn. 
,, 22. — Nest of the Redstart built on the ground found at Strensall 
(V.J.F.Z.) 
June 2. — Heard the Nightingale at Harton Woods. 
,, 2. — Swallows were very numerous at Sutton on Derwent. 
,, 3. — Turtle Dove seen at Dunnington ; Raskelf, June nth ; 
Thormanby, June nth ; Stillington, June 12th. A nest with 
two young ones found at Sandburn on June 20th, and another 
nest with young birds at Dunnington, June 29th. 
,, 5. — Curlew. Two young ones found at Strensall by Mr. T. Grey. 
July 1.- — Pied Flycatcher. A nest with three young ones was found in 
the same nesting hole as in previous years at Newton Kyme. 
,, 1. — Turtle Dove, nest with young in a yew tree, Newton Kyme. 
A Turtle was also seen at Bramham Park on August 6th, and 
one at Raskelf on September 1st. 
,, 30.— Freshly killed Little Owl seen at Fulford on the Yorkshire 
Naturalists’ Union Excursion by H. B. Booth. 
Oct. 16. — Starlings. I saw immense flocks of these birds near Ganton 
about four o’clock in the afternoon. They were all proceeding: 
east, the weather being very fine and settled. 
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