. The birds of Yorkshire : being a historical account of the avi-fauna of the County . n Hoods Bay ;a few pairs breed at Peak and Ravenscar, and a single pairhas occupied a site in Burniston Bay, north of Scarborough,since 1899. It is abundant on the Gristhorpe cliffs, betweenScarborough and Filey, where a hundred and eighty eggswere taken on 13th May 1899, and seventy-six in one day inMay 1900 ; on the famous range of chalk cliffs south of Fileyit is not so plentiful as a breeding species, being driven awayby constant persecution, though one or two pairs returnedto nest in 1873 ; there was a
. The birds of Yorkshire : being a historical account of the avi-fauna of the County . n Hoods Bay ;a few pairs breed at Peak and Ravenscar, and a single pairhas occupied a site in Burniston Bay, north of Scarborough,since 1899. It is abundant on the Gristhorpe cliffs, betweenScarborough and Filey, where a hundred and eighty eggswere taken on 13th May 1899, and seventy-six in one day inMay 1900 ; on the famous range of chalk cliffs south of Fileyit is not so plentiful as a breeding species, being driven awayby constant persecution, though one or two pairs returnedto nest in 1873 ; there was a nest at Bempton in 1876, andodd pairs attempt to breed from year to year, but the dimmers do not encourage this bird owing to the injuryit does to their trade by carrying off the Guillemots eggs ;it occasionally nests near the Dor and Danes Dyke ; abrood was reared there in 1900, and eggs were taken in 1902,1904, 1905, and 1906, whilst in the year 1902 two nests werefound on the Speeton range. The chief colonies in the northof the county are at Boulby, Staithes, Kettleness, and the. Cliffs near Whitby High Lights, haunt of Herring Gull. R. Fort HI See page 679. HERRING GULL. 679 Whitby High Lights, where several hundred pairs breed incomparative security, although the birds nesting at and nearGin Hole (Staithes) were much harried by foxes between theyears 1895 and igoo ; their enemies had access to the ledgeswhere the nests were placed, whence they carried off botheggs and young birds. I have found eggs partly buried inthe potato plots at the top of the cliffs where the foxes hadtaken them, and this persecution caused the birds to removetheir quarters nearer the west part of Boulby, at which placein 1902 they were more numerous than had ever beforebeen known, whilst the Gin Hole locality was almostdeserted. In 1900 two pairs appropriated sites at the highestpart of the cliff, 660 feet, and have nested there since thatyear. At Kettleness the species is as abundant as ever,two or
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