. The birds of Yorkshire : being a historical account of the avi-fauna of the County . HERRING GULL. 677 in all probability, are passing from the east to the westcoast. At Masham, on 26th August 1889, a curious incident tookplace, resulting in the capture of one of these birds, whichswooped down on a minnow used as a bait by a fisherman,who successfully played and landed it {Field, 31st August1889). The local names are :—Sea Mew, Sea Crow (WesternAinsty), and Pet Maw (Redcar). HERRING argentatus {Gmclin). Resident, common; nests on the sea-cliffs from Saltburn toBempton. The Cottoni
. The birds of Yorkshire : being a historical account of the avi-fauna of the County . HERRING GULL. 677 in all probability, are passing from the east to the westcoast. At Masham, on 26th August 1889, a curious incident tookplace, resulting in the capture of one of these birds, whichswooped down on a minnow used as a bait by a fisherman,who successfully played and landed it {Field, 31st August1889). The local names are :—Sea Mew, Sea Crow (WesternAinsty), and Pet Maw (Redcar). HERRING argentatus {Gmclin). Resident, common; nests on the sea-cliffs from Saltburn toBempton. The Cottonian MS. contains a quaint reference to Hunt-ley Nabbe [Huntcliffe, near Saltburn], where the coaste be-ginnes to rise Highe, full of craggs and steepe Rockes, whereinMeawes, pidgeons, and Sea-fowle breede plentifullye ( about 1604, pp. 20-21). The Meawes, doubtless, wereHerring Gulls, which still have a fairly large colony there,and the quotation given may be taken as the first mentionof this as a Yorkshire bird. When Pennant visited Flam-borough on 3rd July 1769, he obser
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