l68 BIBLIOGRAPHY: BIRDS, 1886. 



G. T. Porritt. York S.W. 



Curious place for a Cuckoo [ Cuatlus caorus] 's Egg [on Thorne Waste, 

 July 1S85, in a slight hollow, but no nest]. Nat., Oct. 1885, p. 344. 



T. N. Postlethwaite. Line. N. or S. 



Cuckoo [Cuculus canorus] Laying in a Pollard Willow [close to Lincoln 

 city, some years ago ; the nests laid in were either of Passer domesticus or 

 P. montanus\ Nat., Jan. 1885, p. 127. 



T. N. Postlethwaite. Cumberland. 



Ornithological Notes from South Cumberland [i.e., Millom district; arrival 

 of Hirundo rustica, Chelidon urbica, Crex pratcnsis, Cuculus, Phylloscopus 

 trochilus, Certhia, and Tringo'ides Aypoleucos ; nesting of Turdus viscivorus, 

 T. merula, T. musicus, Motacilla rati, Nnmenius arquata, Gallinago calestis ; 

 arrival of Pratincola rubicola, P. rttbetra, and Saxicola ccnanthe ; non-arrival of 

 Caprimidgus ; occurrence of Tadorna comma ; habits of young Vanellus ; 

 arrested decrease of Crex; occurrence of Alcedo ispida, Asio otus, Turdus 

 torquatus ; scarcity of Troglodytes ; abundance of Coccothraustes chloris ; and 

 breeding of Scolopax rusticola\ Zool., July 1886, x. 300- 301. 



Thomas Raine. York Mid W. 



Occurrence of the Great Grey Shrike [Lanitts excubitor] near Leeds 

 [in the breeding season ; details given]. Nat., Aug. 1885, p. 298. 



F. G. S. Rawson. York S.W. 



Birds near Halifax [Gallimda chloropus and Tringo'ides hypoleucos nesting ; 

 Alcedo ispida, Motacilla melanope, M. rati, Ruticilla phosnicurus, Linota 

 rufescens, Pratincola rubetra, Muscicapa griso/a, Sylvia cinerea, Ant/ius 

 pralensis, Saxicola ananthe, Cotile riparia, Crex pratensis, Tinnuncidus 

 alaudariits, Corvus monedida, Passer niontanus, Sylvia atricapilla, Alauda 

 arvensis, Sturnus, Turdus viscivortis, and CEdemia nigra noted]. Nat., 

 April 1885, p. 201. 



F. G. S. Rawson. York S.W. 



Bird-notes from Thorpe, near Halifax [anent nesting of Passer montanus 

 and Columba palumbus in 1S86]. Nat., Sep. 1886, p. 277. 



James T. T. Reed. Durham. 



[Immense] Flocks of Skylarks [Alauda arz'ensis] on the Durham Coast 



;. [between Ryhope and Seaham, Feb. 6th, 1886]. Nat, March 1886, p. 67. 



James T. T. Reed. Durham. 



Grouse [Lagopus scoticus] and the [severe] Weather [one picked up near 

 Seaham, co. Durham, Feb. 1st, 1886]. Nat., March 1886, p. 68. 



J. T. T. Reed. Durham. 



Pochard [Fuligula ferind] and Hooded Crow [Corvus comix] in Durham 

 [shot near Sunderland, Oct. 7th, 1886]. Nat., Nov. 1886, p. 340. 



C. T. S. Birch Reynardson. Line. S. 



Food of [Columba palumbus] the Wood Pigeon [roots of Anemone 



nemorosa; presumably at Holywell Hall, Stamford]. Field, Feb. 13th, 1886, 



p. 201. 



George Roberts. York S.W. 



Winter Nests [at Lofthouse near Wakefield ; Sparrow {Passer domesticus), 



Wren {Troglodytes panndus), and Rook {Corvus frugilegus)]. Zool., Feb. 



1886, x. 72. 



Geo. Roberts. ? York Mid W. 



Corn Bunting [Emberiza miliaria] — Diversity of Eggs [in size ; locality 



not stated, presumably Lofthouse near Wakefield]. Nat., March 1886, p. 67. 



John E. Robson. Durham. 



Fulmar Petrels [Fulmarus facialis] near Hartlepool [two taken, Oct. 



1885]. Nat., Jan. 1886, p. 17. 



Naturalist, 



