254 bibliography: birds, 1887. 



James Carter. York N.W. 



Notes from [Masham] North Yorkshire [Saxicola amanthe arrived April 



10th ; Totamis calidris arrived ; Sea-gulls passed over ; Scolopax rusticola 



noted April 10th and nth]. Field, April 16th, 1887, p. 534. 



James Carter. York N.W. 



Reported Arrival of the Cuckoo [Cuculus canorus] and Flycatcher 



[Muscicapa grisola ; points out necessity of .swing as well as hearing the 



Cuckoo]. Field, April 23rd, 1887, p. 580. 



J. Carter. York N.W. 



Arrival of Summer Birds [at Masham ; Phylloscopus rufus, April 18th, 



P. trochilus, April 19th, Locustella >uzvia, April 20th, Acroceplialus phragmitis, 



May 3rd, Crex, May 4th]. Field, April 23rd, 1887, p. 581, May 7th, p. 622. 



James Carter. York N.W. 



The Spotted Flycatcher [{Muscicapa grisola) and the Pied Flycatcher 



(ilf. atricapilla) as observed at Masham, where the former nests ; the 25th 

 April is the earliest date on which it has been noted]. Field, May 28th, 

 1887, p. 726. 

 James Carter. York N.W. 



Nesting - Habits of the Pied Flycatcher [{Muscicapa atricapilla) in Yorkshire]. 

 Field, June 4th, 1887, p. 765. 

 James Carter. York N.W. 



Cirl Bunting - [Emberiza cirlus] nesting in Yorkshire [at Masham]. Field, 

 Oct. ist, 1887, p. 537. 

 Tom Carter. York N.W. 



Gannet [Sula bassand] occurring inland near Masham [on the Swinton 

 estate, 2nd Oct., 1886 ; Corvus comix arrived at Masham 4th Oct., Turdus 

 iliaeus 9th Oct., 1886]. Nat., Feb. 1S87, p. 45. 

 Abel Chapman. Durham. 



Little Gull [Lams minutus] in CO. Durham [maintaining that the specimen 

 recorded in Zool. 18S6, p. 457, is certainly this species in first plumage and 

 not Xema sabinii, as suggested in Editorial note to first record]. Zool., 

 Jan. 1S87, xi. 26. 

 Abel Chapman. Northumberland, Durham. 



Wildfowl : their haunts and habits [on the English North-East Coast ; 

 Numenius arquata, Limoste, Squatarola, Tadorna cornuta, Fuligula marila, 

 Clangida glaucion, Mergus, Phalacrocorax , Podiceps, Coly minis, Anas bosckas, 

 Cygnus beivicki, Bernicla brenta, and Mareca noted]. Field, Jan. 22nd, 

 1887, p. 112. 

 Abel Chapman. Northumberland, Durham. 



Wildfowl : their haunts and habits [on the English North-East Coast]. 

 Game-Ducks [Mareca, Anas bosclias, Fuligula marila, Clangida glaucion, 

 Qiierqitednla crecca, Dafila, Chaulelasnnis, Querquedula circia, Spatula, and 

 Tadorna cornuta]. Field, March 12th, 1887, p. 371, and March 26th, p. 435. 



Alfred Crawhall Chapman. Lines., Northumberland, Durham. 



On the Habits and Migrations of Wildfowl [voluminous notes of experience 

 on the coasts of Northumberland and Durham ; the species mentioned are 

 Anas bosclias, Fuligula marila, F. cristata, F. ferina, Clangida glaucion, 

 Querquedula crecca, Mareca, Mergus serrator, M. merganser, CEdemia nigra, 

 CE. fusca, Harelda, Somateria mollis sima, Tadorna cornuta, Procellaria 

 pclagica, Fidmarus glacialis, Bernicla brenta, Dafila, Spatula, Fulica, 

 Gallinula, Tachybaptes, Anser albifrons, A. cincreus, A. segetum, A. brachyr- 

 hynchus, Bernicla leucops/s, Turdus pilaris, T. iliaeus, Plectrophanes 

 nivalis, Alauda arvensis, Dendrocopus major, Cygnus musicus. Vanellus, 

 Charadrius pluvialis, Totanus calidris, HiCmat opus, Larus fuscus, L. marinus, 

 Numenius arquata, Colymbus glacialis, C. arcticus, C. sepleutrio/ialis, 

 Podiceps auritus, P. nigricollis, P. cristatus, and P. griseigena, and a Lin- 

 colnshire example of Colymbus arcticus is noted]. Zool., Jan. 1887, xi. 3-21. 



Naturalist, 



