. The birds of Yorkshire : being a historical account of the avi-fauna of the County . ter, though one waskilled there as late as 9th December in 1875. In Clevelandit was, early in the last century, not uncommon at the Tees-mouth, whence an old bird-stuffer of my acquaintance, whodied in 1880, aged 75, used often to have specimens sent. Myown experience of the bird is very limited; I saw one on30th August 1883, which allowed an approach within easygunshot; another in my collection was obtained near RedcarPier in September 1892; and I have seen three or four others,all in immature plumage, kill
. The birds of Yorkshire : being a historical account of the avi-fauna of the County . ter, though one waskilled there as late as 9th December in 1875. In Clevelandit was, early in the last century, not uncommon at the Tees-mouth, whence an old bird-stuffer of my acquaintance, whodied in 1880, aged 75, used often to have specimens sent. Myown experience of the bird is very limited; I saw one on30th August 1883, which allowed an approach within easygunshot; another in my collection was obtained near RedcarPier in September 1892; and I have seen three or four others,all in immature plumage, killed in the district. On the passage northward in spring it is of extremelyrare occurrence. This species has been reported from inland localitiesmore frequently than its congener; one in summer plumage,which I have seen in the collection of Mr. Forster of Bridling-ton, was procured at Littlethorpe in 1850 ; another example,also in breeding plumage, was in the late C. C. Oxleys collectionat Redcar ; while it has also been noticed at Beverley, Goole,Wakefield, Ackworth, and Curlew on nest. T. A. Mttccdfe Sec page 643. 643COMMON CURLEW. Numenius arquata {L.). Resident ; local, breeds on most of the moors in the West and NorthRidings, least numerous in the south. Leaves the breeding haunts inJuly or August for the coast, where it remains during the winter,returning to the moors in March or April. A great influx of immigrantsin autumn. The Curlews ancestry in Yorkshire is of great antiquity,for it is mentioned in connection with the Nevell banquetat Cawood in 1466, the items at the feast including Curlewes,100 (Lelands Collectanea ). It figured in the North-umberland Household Book, in 1512 ; amongst the birds tobe provided for my Lordes owne Mees being Kyrlewes,with the price fixed at I2d. each. Again, at the marriagefeast of the daughter of Sir John Neville, at Chevet, nearWakefield, in 1526, Eighteen Curlews were enumeratedin the bill of fare ; and during Sir Johns Shr
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