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Robert W. Chase. Northumberland. 



Harlequin Duck [Cosmonetta histrionicd\ on the Northumbrian Coast 



[stating that the specimen exhibited by H. Saunders to the Zool. Soc. was not 

 the one recorded by Mr. Tuck, but the companion bird shot at same time]. 

 Zool., May 1887, xi. 196. 



Miller Christy. York N.E. 



The Birds of our Premises : An Account of the Avifauna of the School 

 Premises [6J acres in extent] at 20, Bootham, York [nearly sixty species 

 enumerated, with details, a remarkably comprehensive list for an urban area; 

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 xi. 22-27 ; April 15th, 46-50. 



Wm. Eagle Clarke. York S.E. 



The Geese of the Humber District [criticizing F. Boyes' notes, and upholding 



the claim of Arthur Strickland to priority in respect of the specific identity of 



the species frequenting the Yorkshire Wolds]. Field, Feb. I2th, 1887, p. 



215, and Feb. 26th, p. 297. 



W. Eagle Clarke. York S.W. 



An Old Yorkshire Decoy [on Potterick Carr, Doncaster, the earliest 

 formed in England ; full details and history]. Field, Nov. 26th, 1887, 

 p. 828. 



W. C. Clarksox. York Mid W. 



Great Grey Shrike [Lanitts exaibiior] in Nidderdale [at New York, Jan. 

 14th, 1SS7]. Nat., March 1887, p. 83. 



Arthur Collinson. York S.W. 



Brief Notes from the Prize Diaries, 1886 [Hirundo and Cypselus killed at 



Walton Hall by the severe weather of May ; nest of Chelidon at Wentbridge, 



29th Sep., 1S86 ; curious nesting-site of Muscicapa grisola at Ackworth ; nest 



of Pants britannicus at Badsworth with 15 eggs; and Rooks {Corvus 



fiitgilegus) ' tumbling,' at Ackworth]. Nat. Hist. Journ. , May 16th, 1887, 



xi. 78. 



E. Comber. Cheshire. 



Arrival of Summer Birds [at Leighton, Parkgate, Cheshire ; Cypselus 



and Crex, May 4th]. Field, May 7th, 1887, p. 622. 



Cheshire, Lancashire, Cumberland, Yorkshire, 

 John Cordeaux. Lines., Northmbld., Isle of Man. 



Report .... on the Migration of Birds at Lighthouses and Light- 

 vessels, .... [an abstract of the much fuller report ; including notes on 

 the more important movements and occurrences]. Brit. Assoc. Rep., 

 Birmingham, 1886 [pub. 1887], pp. 264-267. 



John Cordeaux. Line. N. and S., York S.E. 



Bird-Notes from the Humber District \Milvus ictinus near Somercotes, 

 Oct. 1886 ; very light-coloured Buteo vulgaris at Blankney, Oct. 2nd, 1886 ; 

 Phalaropus fulicarius at Bassingham near Lincoln, Oct. 14th, 1886; young 

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John Cordeaux. York S.E., Line. N. 



The Geese of the Humber District [detailed observations on their habits, 

 distribution, etc. ; Anser segetum, A. brachyrhy mints, A. ferns, and A. albi- 

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John Cordeaux. Line. N. 



Some Footprints in the Snow [as observed at Great Cotes near 

 Grimsby, of Gallinula chloropus, Querquedula crccea, Anas boscltas, Ardea 

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