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 BIBLIOGRAPHY: 



Papers and records published with respect to the Natural History and 

 Physical Features of the North of England. 



BIRDS, 1888. 



The present instalment includes a few titles of earlier date which 

 have hitherto escaped notice. 



The remarks prefixed to the ])ird-l)ibliography for 1886 (]niblished 

 in the Naturalist for May 1889, p. 145) are equally applicalile to the 

 present intalment. ' 



Anon. [ik^I .signed]. Cumberld., Durh., Northb. S., Yorksh., Cheviotld. 



List of . . . Donations to the Museum ... of the Natural History 

 Society [of Newcastle-on-Tyne], ivom June, 1S77, to August, 1887 

 [1879 — ncsi and egg of Cj'/'sriiis a/'/zs taken at Carlisle, and of Cotile riparia 

 at Duiiiani, June 3rd, 1878 (F. Raiiie); 1880 — a young Rook {Cor-'i/s frtii^i- 

 /t'i;'i/s) witli white feathers in eaeh wing, shot at lUaydon-on-'I'yne (Thomas 

 Thonijison) ; 1881 — nest of Dipper [Ciiiiiiis aqitaticus) taken at Eijchester, 

 Aj^ril 25th, 1878 (D. Embieton); male specimen of the Summer Duck 

 {Deiidroiiessa spojisa) from Leazes Park, Newcastle (Mr. Wilson) ; 1882 — egg 

 of Rhea americana laid at Chirton Cottage, North Shields, July 17th, 1882 

 (J. F. Spence) ; hybrid between Anns boschas and ,-/. acuta shot near New- 

 castle, Feb. 1835 (^^- C- Trevelyan) ; Common Wild Duck {A)ias boschas), 

 variety with great deal of white, shot at Fenham Flats, 23rd Fel)., 1883 

 (F. O. Keid) ; egg of Rhea americana laid at Chirton Cottage, 3rd July, 

 1883 (J. F. Spence) ; Fork-tailed Petrel [/'j-ocellar/a lettcorrhoa) killed against 

 telegraph wires near Brandling Place, Oct. 1882 (R. Howse) ; immature 

 Merlin (Falco usalon) shot at White House (J. S. Forster) ; young male 

 Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisiis) taken at Shipcole (Dr. H. S. Pattinson); 

 female ditto taken at IJeaufront (I,. \V. Adamson) ; Common Wren {'J'roglo- 

 ilytes parvnliis) taken at Moorlands (J. d. Fenwick) ; 1884 — nest of Wheatear 

 (Saxicola aiiaulhe) found in a large heap of sandstone, bricks and slag at 

 Nest House, Gateshead (.Mr. Robson) ; skeleton of Rhea americana, which 

 died at Chirton, Aug. 1884 (J. F. Spence); Young Heron (Ardea cincred) 

 shot at Bamburgh (J. I. Mnling); two Purple Sandpipers [Triiii^a striata) 

 shot near Bamburgh (Id.); Common Pochard {Fitligiila feritia) shot at Gos- 

 forth Lake (R. S. Garwood) ; two Razorbills [Alca tarda) and one Guillemot 

 (Loinvia troilc) from Northumberland coast (J. I. Maling) ; two Roseate 

 Terns [Sterna domi-alli) one mature and one young, Northumberland coast 

 (C. M. Adamson) ; male and female Shoveller [S/'atiila clypcata) shot at 

 Gosforth (N. Dunn); nest of young Kestrels (Tinniiiiciilns alaiidariits) taken 

 near Alnwick (N. Dunn) ; hybrid Swan bred at Gosforth Lake in 1883, cross 

 between female Cyi^niiis ferns and male C. olor (N. Dunn — refer to p. 281 for 

 account of the crossing) ; Golden Plover (Charadritis plnvia/is) with white 

 wings shot at Lorbottle, October 12th, 1885 (John Noble) ; a fine male Great 

 Bustard [Otis tarda) said to have been killed in Yorkshire (Misses Crawhall); 

 mature male Pochard [I''n/i»-nla feriiia) shoK at Gosforth (N. Dunn); three 

 white eggs of Sparrow ['\isier donicsticns) taken at Gosforth Park, 1882 

 (Wm. Charlton); 1886 — Common Wild Duck [Anas I'oschas) shot at Gosforth 

 (N. Dunn); Little Grebe [Tachybaptcs Jlnviatilis) in winter tlress, caught in 

 pond at Felling, July 1885, in summer dress, pinioned and kept in Leazes 

 Park, Newcastle, uiUil Feb. 1886 (\V. Wilson); two eggs of Water Hen 

 (Gailinnla citloropus) from Cleadon, one showing the chick having burst the 

 shell, the other showing the chip on the egg previous to bursting the shell 

 (H. C. Abbs); four eggs of Sandwich Tern {Sterna cantiaca). Fame Islands 

 (Sam. Graham); eggs of Black-headed (hill [Lams ridibnndns), from Hal- 

 lin gton Reservoir (J. R. Forster) ; Greenshank [Tutanns i^riscns = canescens)y 



June 1890. M 



