l66 BIBLIOGRAPHY : BIRDS, 1886 



F. S. Mitchell. Lane. S. and W., Furness. 



The Birds of Lancashire [a full and detailed account of the distribution, 



faunistic position, local vernacular nomenclature, habits, etc., of the 256 



birds (85 Residents, 31 Summer Visitants, 65 Winter Visitants, and 75 



Occasional Visitants) which have been recorded for Lancashire inclusive of 



Furness, with a brief introduction dealing with physical features, remarks 



upon the fauna, on insufficiently-verified species, dates of arrival of migrants, 



the bibliography of the subject, and the writer's sources of information ; the 



whole illustrated by a rough map of the county, coloured plates of Lancashire 



rarities, illustrations of duck-decoys and other views]. Illustrated by J. G. 



Keulemans, Victor Prout, etc. London : John Van Voorst, Paternoster Row. 



mdccclxxxv. [Small 8vo, 224 pages and 11 plates]. Reviewed in Nat., 



Aug. 1885, p. 310. 



F. S. Mitchell. York Mid W., Lane. W. 



The Raven [Corvus corax] in Bowland [a pair managed to nest in 1885 



and 1886]. Nat., May 1886, p. 129. 



F. O. Morris. York S.E. 



Circular Notes. . . . No. 1. — The Rook \Corviis frugilegus\ and the Fox 



[anecdote of fox mobbed by thousands of rooks — presumably at Nunburn- 



holme]. Land and Water, April 17th, 1886, p. 374. 



R. Mortimer. York S.E. 



Stone Curlews [CEdicnemus scolopax] on the Yorkshire Wolds [at Fimber, 



Burdale, and Thixendale, it has bred for four years past ; formerly very 



common ; Note also on Stockdove (Colttmba a-nas) nesting on the side of a 



corn-stack at Wharram]. Nat., Feb. 1886, p. 48. 



S. L. Mosley. Lane. S. 



British Birds : their Nests and Eggs [Plectropkaties nivalis, thirty captured 



on Mr. Gregson's warren at Crosby]. Voung Nat., Feb. 1885, vi. 40. 



N. Neave. Cheshire. 



Sanderling {Calidris armaria) near Macclesfield]. Nat. Hist. Journ., 



Oct. 15th, 1886, x. 152. 



T. H. Nelson. Durham. 



Grouse [Lagopus scotiats\ and the Snowstorm [driven off the Weardale 



and other moors, much destruction ensuing]. Field, Feb. 13th, 1886, p. 208. 



T. H. Nelson. York N.W., Durham. 



Grouse [Lagopus scoticits] and the [severe] Weather [at Richmond and in 



Durham ; large numbers driven off the moors]. Nat., March 1886, p. 68. 



T. H. Nelson. Durham. 



Effects of Heavy Snow upon Grouse [{Lagopits scotiats) ; driving them 



from the Weardale moors down into the low country of Teesdale and near 



Bishop Auckland ; suffering also shared by the Cushat (Coluvtba palumbus)]. 



Zool., March 1886, x. 108. 



T. H. Nelson. Durham. 



The [severe] Weather [of May 1886] and the Swallows [Himndo and 



Cotile, at Bishop Auckland and Durham]. Nat., June 1886, p. 182. 



T. H. Nelson. Durham, Lake District. 



Swallows [Hirundo ntstica and Cotile riparid] dying of Cold [and Hunger] 

 in May [1886, in Weardale, at Durham, near Bishop Auckland, and in the 

 Lake District]. Zool., June 1886, x. 249. 

 T. H. Nelson. York N.E. 



Autumn Migration of Birds on the Yorkshire Coast [at Redcar and Salt- 

 burn ; notes on Regains cristatus, Tardus pilaris, Alaitda arvensis, Vanelhts 

 vulgaris, Scolopax rusticola, Asio brachyottts, Colytnbus septentrionalis, Turtur 

 comimtnis, Falco peregrinus, Sula bassana, Lomvia troile, Alca torda, Sterco- 

 rarius crepidatus, S. catarractes, S.pomatorhinus, CEdemia fusca, Anas boschas, 

 Mareca penelope, Querquedula crecca, and Corvus comix]. Field, Oct. 23rd, 



1886, p. 610. . 



Naturalist, 



