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Title: The birds of Yorkshire : being a historical account of the avi-fauna of the County
Year: 1907 (1900s)
Authors: Nelson, Thomas Hudson, d. 1916 Clarke, William Eagle, 1853-1938 Boyes, F
Subjects: Birds -- England Yorkshire
Publisher: London : A. Brown
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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t the earliest spring record is 8th April1883, when one was observed by the late H. B. Hewetson,soaring over the lake at Charles Watertons residence, WaltonHall; others have been noted at various dates in the springand summer up to the 28th July, when one was killed atHebden Bridge in the year 1878 (Crabtree, Hahfax Nat.December 1900). The earliest record in the autumn is 2gthAugust 1899, at Pilmoor Farm, Hunmanby, and the latestat that season occurred at Cherry Burton, near Beverley,on 22nd November 1876. The most recent occurrence wasat Loftus-in-Cleveland, on 29th August 1905. Dr. Farrar (1844), mentioned that a female which occurredon Burnsall Moor, near Bolton Abbey, in April 1844, was gorgedwith the remains of a Red Grouse. The Osprey is too rare at the present time to be knownby any vernacular names, though Swainson mentions MulletHawk, Eagle Fisher, and Bald Buzzard as used of old inthe north country. END OF VOL. I. PRINTED AT BROWNb SAVILE PRESS,DOCK STREET, HULL M s o -«3 m
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