148 BIBLIOGRAPHY : BIRDS, 1886. 



J. Backhouse, Jan. York Mid W. 



Curious Nesting-place [at Holgate, York] for a Reed Bunting [(Embes-iza 



scha-niclus) ; nest built against stem of Austrian pine]. Nat., Oct. 1884, p. 58. 



J. Backhouse, Junr. York Mid W. 



Capture of a Bittern [Botaurns stellaris] in Yorkshire [one killed Dec. 1884, 

 at Grimston Park, near Tadcaster]. Nat., Feb. 1885, p. 149. 



James Backhouse, junr. York Mid W. 



The Yorkshire Naturalists' Union of Boroughbridge [25th May, 1885 ; 



Gamilus, Accipiter nisus, Fulica, Cohtmba a-nas, Ruticilla phcvnicurus, 



Tardus torquatus, Phylloscopus sibi/atrix, Sitta, and Saxicola a-nanthe 



noted]. Nat., July 1885, p. 279. 



James Backhouse, junr. York N.E. 



The Yorkshire Naturalists' Union at Whitby [3rd Aug., 1885; Columba 



h'via, C. a-nas, Dendrocopus major, Ant hits obscurus, Tinnunculus, Ardea 



a'nerea, Larus ridibundus, L. argent atus, and Phalacrocorax carbo noted]. 



Nat., Oct. 1885, p. 348. 



James Backhouse, Jun. Durham, Westmorland, York N.W. 



Notes on the Avi-Fauna of Upper Teesdale [being a detailed and fully 

 annotated list of 117 species, prefaced by a brief topographical introduction]. 

 Nat., Oct. and Nov. 1885, pp. 353-364. 



James Backhouse, junr. York Mid W. 



The Yorkshire Naturalists' Union at Blubberhouses [26th Sep., 1885; 



Phylloscopus trochilus, Turdus torquatus, Tot anus canescens, Anas boschas, 



A user, Clangula glaucion, Querquedula crecca, Cardueh's, and ^LLgialitis 



hiaticula noted]. Nat., Nov. 1885, p. 379. 



J. Backhouse, jun. York. 



[Pied] Variety of the Fieldfare \\Tuntus pilaris) near York: description 

 given]. Zool., Feb. 1886, x. 72. 



J. Backhouse, junr. York Mid W. 



Swallows and the late Storm [of May 1886 ; great destruction by cold and 

 starvation near York of Hirundo and C/ielidon]. Nat., July 1886, p. 214. 



James Backhouse, junr. York Mid W. 



Thrush [Turdus musicus] laying in a Blackbird [T. merula]'s Nest [at 

 Holgate, York]. Late Stay of the Redwing [{T. iliac us) ; to May 4th, 

 1886, at Holgate, York]. Nat., July 1886, p. 215. 



James Backhouse, junr. York S.E. 



The Yorkshire Naturalists' Union at Flamborough Head [14th June, 

 1886 ; Turdus musiais, T. mertria, T. viscivorus, Erithacus, Corvus 

 frugilegus, C. monedula, C. comix, Passer domesticus, A/auda arvensis, 

 Ligurinus, Emberiza citrinella, E. miliaria, Anthus pratensis, A. obscurus, 

 Sturnus, Accentor modularis, Troglodytes, Columba livia, Larus argcntatus, 

 L. canus, Pissa, Fratercula, Alca torda, Lomvia troile, Motacilla lugubr/s, 

 Phylloscopus trockilus, P. rufus, Sylvia atricapilla, Hirundo, Chelidon, 

 Cypselus, Cotile, li/uscicapa grisola, Acrocephalus phragm/tis, Anthus 

 trivialis, Cuculus, and Crex ; some were nesting]. Nat., July 1886, p. 216. 



James Backhouse, Jun. York S.W., S.E., N.E.,and MidW. 



A Yorkshire specimen of Sturnus unicolor, and other uncommon Birds, 



in a York collection [the S. unicolor shot near Howden, 1840 ; Loxia 

 curvirostra at Sand Hutton, Sledmere, and Stockton-on-Forest in 1866 ; 

 Lanius collurio at Melbourne; Pastor roseus at Dunnington, 1850; Upupa 

 epops near Selby, 1858 ; Porzana maruetta, Foss Islands, 1848 ; Syrrhaptes 

 paradoxus, Stockton-on-Forest and Haworth Moor, 1863; CEdtcnemus 

 scolopax, near York ; Gallinago major, Everingham Park ; and Larus 

 minutus, Bridlington, 1868]. Nat., Oct. 1886, pp. 307-308. 



Naturalist, 



