258 BIBLIOGRAPHY: BIRDS, 1887. 



R. Fortune. York Mid W. 



Arrival of Summer Birds [at Harrogate ; Saxicola asnantke, March 20th ; 

 Cotile, April 17th ; Phylloscopus trochilus, April 2nd ; P. rufus, March 19th ; 

 Anthits trivialis, April 10th ; Sylvia cinerea, April 17th ; Pratincola rubetra, 

 April 17th; Tardus torquatus, April 8th; at Ripley near Harrogate, Hirundo, 

 April 17th; Phylloscopus sibi tutrix, April 17th; Ruticilla phosnicurus, April 

 17th; Aluscicapa grisola, April 20th; Crex, April 23rd]. Field, April 30th 

 and May 7th, 1887, pp. 612, 622. 



Riley Fortune. York Mid W. 



Barn Owl [Strix flammed] feigning Death [at Harrogate ; detailed anecdote]. 

 Nat., May 1887, p. 132. 



Riley Fortune. Northmbld. S., Durham. 



Ornithological Notes from Northumberland and Durham during 1885 



[anent Muscicapa atricapilla, Acrocephalus streperus, Totanus calidris, Cygnus 



olor, C. vtusicus, Fidigula ferina, Scolopax rusticola, Coccothraustes vulgaris, 



Pernis, Locustella neevia, and Pica caudal a], Nat., May 1887, pp. 132-133. 



Riley Fortune. Northmbld. S. and Cheviotland. 



Redshank [Totanus calidris] in Northumberland [at North Sunderland, May 

 1885, and at Hallington Reservoirs]. Nat., May 1887, p. 138. 



Riley Fortune. York Mid W. 



Great Grey Shrike [Lanius excubitor] near Harrogate [seen on Harlow 

 Heath, Jan. 12th, 1887]. Nat., May 1887, p. 140. 



Riley Fortune. York Mid W. 



Bees occupying Birds' Nests [near Harrogate ; those of Anthus pratensis, 

 Accentor, Erithacus, and Troglodytes]. Zool., July 1887, xi. 273. 



Riley Fortune. Cheviotland. 



Long-eared Owl [Asio otus] laying in Rook [Corvus frugilegus] 's Nest [in 

 March 1886, near Barn(?Bam)borough, Northumberland ; the nest contained 

 three rooks' eggs and one owl's]. Zool., Aug. 1887, xi. 304. 



Riley Fortune. York Mid W. 



Hawfinch [Coccothraustes vulgaris] in Yorkshire [nesting in Nidderdale and 

 near Harrogate, and yearly becoming more common]. Zool., Aug. 1887, xi. 

 299. 



Riley Fortune. York Mid W. 



The Sparrow [Passer domesticus] Question [arguing against the sparrow ; he 



is charged with causing great diminution in the numbers of House Martins 



{Chelidon) near Harrogate, the Swallow (Hirundo), Sand Martin (Cotile), and 



Swift (Cypselus) being on the increase]. Nat. World, Sep. 1887, iv. 156-157. 



Riley Fortune. York Mid W. 



Brent Goose [Bernicla brenta] at Harrogate [seen March 31st, 1887]. Nat., 

 Oct. 1887, p. 304. 



H. T. Frere. Cumberland. 



Supposed Occurrence formerly of Ptarmigan [Lagopus mutus] in Cumber- 

 land [stating that in 1841 the Museum at Keswick had a Ptarmigan stated to 

 have been killed on Skiddaw ; editor adds that those on Skiddaw were 

 introduced from Scotland]. Zool., April 1887, xi. 153. 



J. H. Gay. Line. N. 



Young House Martins [Chelidon urbica] in the Nest in October [1887, 

 at Spilsby, Lines.; two nests]. Field, Oct. 8th, 1887, p. 540. 



F. Jas. George. Lane. S. 



Cuckoo [whose note contained three syllables, cuck-koo-koo ; at Chorley]. 

 Sci. Goss., July 1887, p. 166. 



Naturalist, 



