252 BIBLIOGRAPHY : BIRDS, 1887. 



F. Jeffrey Bell. York Mid W. 



Grouse Disease [extracts from letter from Lord Walsingham that his moors 



in Washburndale have been quite free from the true epidemic caused by 



Strongylus pergracilis\ Zool., Aug. 18S7, xi. 302. 



F. Boyf.s. York S.E. 



Habits of the Pink-footed Goose [Anser brackyrhynchus] in East 



Yorkshire [corroborating the remarks of ' Auceps,' and claiming priority in 



pointing out that the Yorkshire Wolds geese were of this species and not the 



Bean Goose]. Field, Jan. 8th, 1887, p. 54; and Jan. 22nd, p. no. 



F. Boyes. York S.E. 



Great Tit [Pants major'] killed by Bees [who attacked it when trapped by 



the leg ; at Beverley it is very destructive to bees]. Field, Jan. 8th, 1887, p 54. 



F. Boyes. York S.E. 



Food of Tits [Pan/s major and P. e&ruleus, as observed at Beverley]. 

 Field, Jan. 15th, 1887, p. 82. 

 F. Boyes. York S.E. 



Habits of the Bernicle Goose [{Bemida leucopsis); and its occasional 

 occurrence in Holderness]. Field, Jan. 22nd, 18S7, p. no. 

 F. Boyes. York S.E. 



The Geese of the Humber District [their habits and distribution, written 

 in criticism of Mr. Cordeaux's article ; Anser brachyrhynchus and A. segetum 

 dealt with]. Field, Feb. 5th, 1887, pp. 1S0-1S1 ; Feb. 19th, p. 252. 



F. Boyes. York S.E. 



The Green Sandpiper {Hclodromas ochropus) ; habits and probable wintering 

 near Beverley; reference also made to Redshank (Totanus calidris) and 

 Greenshank ( T. canescens)\ Field, March 12th, 1S87, p. 371. 



F. Boyes. York S.E. or York S.W. 



Breeding of Wild Geese in East Yorks. [somewhere near Goole ; five 



goslings reared ; species uncertain]. Field, Sep. 17th, 1887, p. 478. 



F. Boyes. York S.E. 



Solitary Snipe [Gallinago major] and Greenshank [Totanus canescens] in 



East Yorks. [near Beverley; details of capture given]. Field, Sep. 17th, 



1887, P- 478. 



F. Boyes. York S.E. 



Early Appearance of Wild Geese [{Anser brachyrhynchus!); last week in 



Aug. 1887, in Holderness]. Field, Sep. 17th, 1887, p. 478. 



F. Boyes. York S.E., Line. N. 



A Big Shot [with a quotation and criticism of Howard Saunders' statement 



(Brit. Birds, ed. 4) as to the Dotterell {Eudromias morinellus) frequenting 



marshes on the Yorkshire and Lincolnshire coast during the spring migration]. 



Field, Oct. 1st, 1887, p. 534. 



F. Boyes. York S.E. 



Sabine's Gull \Xema sabinii] on the Yorkshire Coast [a young one shot 



at Flamborough Head on the '6th alt.']. Field, Oct. 1st, 1887, p. 537. 



F. Boyes. York S.E. 



The Departure of Swallows [begins much earlier than is implied by 



P. Inchbald's note ; fully half have left East Yorkshire by the end of August]. 



Field, Oct. 1st, 1887, p. 537. 



F. Boyes. York S.E. 



Off Flamborough Head [detailed account of a day's shooting from a boat, 



Sth Oct., 1887 ; Turdus iliacus, Larus argent at us, Su/a, CEdemia nigra, 



Aha torda, Stercorarius pomatorhinus, S. crepidatus, Rissa, Larus ridi- 



bundus, CEdemia fusca, Harelda, Pegu/us cristatus, Fringilla Calebs, Linota 



cannabina, L. flavirostris, Fringilla montifringilla, Turdus merula, Sturnus, 



Phylloscopus rufus, and Hccmatopus noted]. Field, Oct. 29th, 1887. p. 654. 



Naturalist, 



