. The birds of Yorkshire : being a historical account of the avi-fauna of the County . 3882). Same place, one, 20th September 1881 (Tuck, op. , p. 472). Bridlington, an adult female, in winter plumage, shoton 5th September 1883 ; now in the Hull Museum. Rishworth Moor, Ripponden, Halifax, one, in 1885. Scarborough, one, caught on a fishing line, on 4th December1889 (R. P. Harper, op. cit. 1890, p. 21 ; with the remarkthat this is the first specimen the recorder had seen at Scar-borough in the course of a long residence). Flamborough, several, September 1893 (Bailey, Nat. 1893, P- 323)-


. The birds of Yorkshire : being a historical account of the avi-fauna of the County . 3882). Same place, one, 20th September 1881 (Tuck, op. , p. 472). Bridlington, an adult female, in winter plumage, shoton 5th September 1883 ; now in the Hull Museum. Rishworth Moor, Ripponden, Halifax, one, in 1885. Scarborough, one, caught on a fishing line, on 4th December1889 (R. P. Harper, op. cit. 1890, p. 21 ; with the remarkthat this is the first specimen the recorder had seen at Scar-borough in the course of a long residence). Flamborough, several, September 1893 (Bailey, Nat. 1893, P- 323)- Scarborough, one, December 1894 (W. J. Clarke MS.). Bridhngton, one adult, November 1895 (Howarth, op. , p. 100). Same place, one, November 1898. In the collection ofSir Oswald Mosley of Rolleston Hall, Burton-on-Trent. Scarborough, a female, obtained by Mr. Joseph Morley,in the autumn of 1904. In my collection. The following, recorded as Great Shearwaters, haveproved on investigation to be referable to P. griseus :— Teesmouth, one, August 1828 { 1832, ii. p. 128).. Little Grebe swimming to its nest. 7. A. Metcalfe. See page 747. SOOTY SHEARWATER. 755 Flamborough, a male, 13th September 1865 (Boulton,Zool. 1866, pp. 29-30). Bridlington and Flamborough, two at the former placeand one at the latter, 6th to 19th September 1866 {op. , p. 543). Flamborough, one, 15th October 1869 {Field, 30th October1869). Bridlington, one shot, others seen, 1876 {Zool. 1876, ). From other sources, three immature Great Shearwaters,reported in the same year. At Redcar several Big Shearwaters were announced by theRedcar fishermen to be out in the offing, in the autumnof 1876, and I recorded them as Great Shearwaters, but,in all probability, they were referable to the next species. SOOTY SHEARWATER. Puffinus griseus {Gmelin). Autumn and winter visitant, of fairly regular occurrence, butuncertain as to numbers. The Sooty Shearwater is found in the North Atlantic,and breeds


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