. The birds of Yorkshire : being a historical account of the avi-fauna of the County . NUTHATCH. 115 Allis (above), four examples are said to have been actuallyobtained, and if this be correct these birds must eitherhave been wanderers from the Scottish forests, or, what ismore probable, individuals which have straggled across theNorth Sea from the Continent, with other small particulars relating to those which have been preserved,so far as it is possible to obtain details, are :— Whitby, one, March 1872, on the Newton House estate,and now in the Whitby local museum. Mr. T. Stephe
. The birds of Yorkshire : being a historical account of the avi-fauna of the County . NUTHATCH. 115 Allis (above), four examples are said to have been actuallyobtained, and if this be correct these birds must eitherhave been wanderers from the Scottish forests, or, what ismore probable, individuals which have straggled across theNorth Sea from the Continent, with other small particulars relating to those which have been preserved,so far as it is possible to obtain details, are :— Whitby, one, March 1872, on the Newton House estate,and now in the Whitby local museum. Mr. T. Stephensonstates that Parker (formerly the keeper at Newton House,where larch j)lantations are plentiful) saw the bird in bothsummer and winter. (Stephenson, MS. and Zool. 1872,p. 3021). Thirsk, one taken to Mr. Robert Lee, who preserved it* many years ago. (Lee, MS. 1880.) It is unfortunate that full details respecting thesespecimens are not available. The reported occurrences of this bird in March 1870,and August 1887, near Bradford and Keighley, mentionedin the Vertebrate Fauna of Y
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