. The birds of Yorkshire : being a historical account of the avi-fauna of the County . informs me that, in May 1895, hefound a nest containing three eggs, at an altitude of 1,500 feet,at the back of Mickle Fell, in Lunedale. In the North Riding it occurs on most of the large pondsand lakes, as at Gormire, Strensall, Pilmoor, Castle Howard,Newburgh Priory, Bedale, and Scarborough, as also in isolatedcases on some of the slow running streams. In Wensleydaleit breeds on Locker Tarn, at 1,010 feet elevation, and is arare resident in Teesdale and at Sedbergh. In winter, especially during severe wea
. The birds of Yorkshire : being a historical account of the avi-fauna of the County . informs me that, in May 1895, hefound a nest containing three eggs, at an altitude of 1,500 feet,at the back of Mickle Fell, in Lunedale. In the North Riding it occurs on most of the large pondsand lakes, as at Gormire, Strensall, Pilmoor, Castle Howard,Newburgh Priory, Bedale, and Scarborough, as also in isolatedcases on some of the slow running streams. In Wensleydaleit breeds on Locker Tarn, at 1,010 feet elevation, and is arare resident in Teesdale and at Sedbergh. In winter, especially during severe weather, when thefresh water is ice-bound, the Coot leaves its accustomedhaunts and often appears in most unlikely places ; it isthen frequently met with on tidal waters, particularly in theestuaries of the large rivers, and, though not usually classedas a migrant, has even been immolated by flying against thelanterns of the Light-stations on the coast. In the winterof igoi-02 several specimens, killed on the brackish fleetsduring the frost, were brought in to the Redcar taxidermists;. *i3i-*^t::^.^im
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