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Lord Walsingham and Sir Ralph Payne-Gallwey. 



North of England in general. 

 Shooting . . . [vol. i.] Field and Covert [and vol. ii.] Moor and Marsh 

 [profusely illustrated, and containing various incidental references to the 

 natural history of Lagopus scoticus, Perdix cinerea, Phasianus colchicus, 

 Scolopax msticola, Gallinago ca-lestis, Anser segetum, A. brachyrhynchus, 

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 Reviewed at length in Field, Aug. 28th, 1886, pp. 312-313 ; and [by John 

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H. Snowden Ward. Cheshire. 



Migratory Birds and their old haunts [quoting observations made at Wal- 

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J[ohn]. W[atson]. Cumberland, Westmorland. 



Mortality amongst Swallows [Hirunda, Chelidon, and Cotile] in the Lake 



District [very great ; other birds, such as Corvus fmgilegus, Ardea cinerea, 



Fulica atra, and Gallinula chloropus, also suffering in large numbers]. 



Field, May 22nd, 1886, p. 648. 



John Watson. Northbld. S., Cumbld., Westmld., Furness. 



Notes on the Eagles of the Lake District [detailed observations con- 

 cerning Aquila chrysaetos, Haliaitus albicilla, Aquila clanga, and Pandion 

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W. L. Wells. Line. N. 



Louth Naturalists' Society [ornithological report ; nests of Alaitda arborea, 



Anthns pratensis, Caccabis rufa, and Emberiza schaniclus noted ; Pratincola 



rubetra and P. rubicola reported as numerous on the coast sand-hills]. Nat. 



World, Aug. 1886, iii. 158. 



E. W. West. Derbyshire. 



Great Grey Shrike [Lanius excubitor] in Derbyshire [on the Longshawe 

 Moors, shot '29th ult.'in mistake for a 'blue-back ' — local name for Fieldfare 

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Leonard Henry West. York S.E. 



A Great Grey Shrike {Lanius excubitor) [recently shot on the Humber 



Bank near Brough ; a Kingfisher (Alcedo ispida) also shot near the Humber]. 

 Nat. World, Feb. 1886, iii. 37. 



J. Whitaker. Notts. 



Great Tit [Parus major] and Bees [at Rainworth Lodge near Mansfield ; 

 the bees fed on by the birds]. Nat., Aug. 1884, p. 19. 



J. Whitaker. Notts. 



Spring Birds near Mansfield [being notes on Phylloscopus rufus, P. trochilus, 

 Cuculus, Crex, Accentor, Turtur, Sylvia hortensis, and Daulias]. Nat., 

 Aug. 1884, p. 19. 



J. Whitaker. Notts. 



Tufted Duck [Fuligula cristata] at Rainworth, Notts, [a wounded male not 

 assuming summer plumage]. Nat., Oct. 1884, p. 58. 



J. Whitaker. Notts. 



Puffin [Fratercula arctica] in Notts, [picked up alive at Mansfield Wcodhouse, 

 Nov. 12th, 1884; new to the county avifauna]. Nat., Jan. 1885, p. 127. 



J. Whitaker. Notts. 



Woodcocks [Scolopax rusticola] in Notts, [in large flights ; large flocks of 

 Fieldfares ( Tardus iliacus) also]. Nat., Feb. 1885, p. 149. 

 June 18S9. 



