164 BIBLIOGRAPHY : BIRDS, 1886. 



F. A. Lees. York N.W. 



Notes on the Avifauna of Wensleydale— Breeding of Redwing- [ Turdus 

 iliacus] and Dunlin [( Tringa alpina) ; the latter on Dodd Fell, the former 

 at Gayle ; notes on Certhia, Asio brachyoius, Emberiza sc/iosniclus, Coturni.x, 

 Turdus viscivorus, T. memla, T.musicus,Alcedo (all breeding), Caprimulgns, 

 Crex, and Turdus pilaris]. Nat., Nov. 18S5, pp. 364-5. 

 F. E. Lester. Cumberland. 



Owls' Pellets [at Penrith; their contents]. N. H. Journ.,June 15th, 1886, x. 107. 

 B. B. LeTall. York N.E. 



Rooks [Corz'us frugilegus] nesting in Church Spires [one at the top of 

 Heworth Church steeple, York, this year]. Zool., Nov. 1886, x. 457. 

 W. Lipscomb. York S.W. 



Grouse [Lagopus scoticus] and their Food [on the moors near Walshaw, 

 Hebden Bridge; Juncus squarrosus, when seeding, preferred]. Field, 

 Oct. 16th, 1886, p. 574. 

 Thos. Lister. York S.W. 



Birds observed near Barnsley in 1885 [numerous species mentioned]. 

 Field, Feb. 6th, 18S6, p. 172. 

 Thomas Lister. York S.W. 



South Yorkshire Bird Notes for 1885 [Cindtts, Motacilla lugubris, Turdus 

 musicus, T. viscivorus, T. mertila (including pied varieties), T. pilaris, 

 T. iliacus, Alauda ai~vensis, Pants major, Corvus frugilegus, Saxicola 

 a'tiauthe, Acrocephalus phragmitis, Motacilla melanope, Chelidon urbica, 

 Columba anas, Garrulus glandarius , Numcnius arquata, Totanus calidris, 

 Muscicapa atricapilla, Anthus trivial? s, A. pratensis, Cypselus apus, Crex 

 pratensis, Caprimulgus europicus, Hirundo rustica, Coccothraustes vulgaris, 

 Sturnus, Corvus monedula, Gallinago ca-lestis, ' Wild Geese,' Phylloscopus 

 trochilus, Accipiler nisus, Perdix cinerea (white), Pratincola rubetra, and 

 Gallinago major]. Nat. Hist. Journ., April 15th, 1886, x. 62-63. 

 T. Lister. York S.W. 



Arrival of Summer Birds [at Barnsley ; Pratincola rubetra, April 26th, 

 Crex pratensis, April 19th]. Field, May 1st, 1886, p. 570. 

 T. Lister. York S.W. 



Notes from Barnsley [concerning Heron (Ardea cinerea) and white Sparrows 

 (Passer domesticus)]. Nat. Hist. Journ., June 15th, 1886, x. 106. 

 J. W. McIntyre. Notts. 



Odd Place for a Nightingale [Daulias luscinia] 's Nest [in a piece of oak 

 felled at Sherwood Forest, with a living young bird ; editor suggests it was 

 a young Robin (Erithacus rubecula)]. Field, June 26th, 1886, p. 861. 



Cumbld., Westmorld., Furness, Durham, York S.E., 



H. A. Macpherson and William Duckworth. Northbld. S., I. of Man. 



The Birds of Cumberland critically studied, including some Notes on 



the Birds of Westmorland [with an introduction on physical features, 



migration, bibliography, faunistic changes, &c. The list includes 250 species, 



being 84 Residents, 81 Periodical Visitants, and 85 Irregular and Accidental 



Visitants. Casual references : — migration of Muscicapa atricapilla at Flam- 



borough and Spurn (p. 35); Circus cineraceus at Wolsington Park, Durham ; 



Caccabis rufa having strayed from Yorkshire ; Limosa lapponica oft the 



Northumberland coast ; and the breeding of C'ria grylle in the Isle of Man 



(190) ; and several records are for Furness and Lancashire]. Carlisle : 



Chas. Thurnam & Sons, II, English Street. — 1886. [8vo — 206 pages — with 



coloured map and coloured plate]. Reviewed in detail — with references to 



numerous species — in Nat., June 1886, p. 192 ; Zool., June 1886, x. 260-264 ; 



and Field, June 5th, 1886, p. 731. 



H. A. Macpherson. Cumberland, Northumberland S. 



Smew [A/ergus albellus] in Cumberland [near Carlisle, on the Eden ; and one 



on the Tyne, Dec. 1883]. Nat., Sep. 1884, p. 32. 



