264 bibliography: birds, 1887. 



H. A. Macfherson. Line. N. 



Distribution of the White-bellied Brent Goose [{Bemicla brenta) ; refers 

 to its being recorded for the Lincolnshire sea-board only in the Fourth 

 edition of ' Yarrell ']. Zool., Jan. 1887, xi. 29. 



H. A. Macfherson. Cumberland. 



Cumberland Heronries [are eight in number]. Field, Jan. 22nd, 1887, p. 146. 



H. A. Macpherson. Cumberland. 



Habits of the Barnacle [Goose (Bemicla leucopsis); in Cumberland]. 

 Field, Jan. 22nd, 1887, p. 146. 



H. A. Macpherson. Cumberland, Westmorland. 



Remarks on Mr. John Watson's Notes on the Eagles of the Lake 

 District [discussing observations on Pandion, Aquila chrysa'ctos, and 

 Haliaetus albicilld\. Nat., Feb. 1887, p. 46. 



H. A. Macpherson. Cumberland, Westmorland. 



The Alleged Existence of Ptarmigan [Lagopus mutus] in Cumberland 



[absolutely disbelieved ; a note also that a few Capercailzie ( Tetrao urogallus) 



once existed in the Skiddaw district]. Zool., April 1887, xi. 153. 



H. A. Macpherson. Cumberland. 



The Song of the Chaffinch [{Fringilla cazlebs) ; one heard singing lustily 



near Carlisle, Sep. 10th, 1S82]. Zool., Aug. 1887, xi. 299. 



H. A. M[acpherson]. Cheviotland. 



[Review of] Report on the Migration of Birds in the Spring and 

 Autumn of 1886 [repetition of records for great migration of Fringilla 

 Calebs, and occurrence of Cosmonetta liistrionica at the Fames. Ardea 

 purpurea, and the Mediterranean Black-headed Gull on the East Coast]. 

 Nat., Oct. 1887, pp. 302-303. 

 H. A. Macpherson. Cumberland. 



The Tufted Duck [Fuligula cristatd] on the Solway [account of its dis- 

 tribution on the Cumberland side of the Solway, with other details]. Zool., 

 Oct. 1887, xi. 385. 

 H. A. Macpherson. Cumberland. 



Long-tailed Duck [HarelJa glad alls] in Cumberland [in 1834, in 1884, 

 and again in Oct. 1887, at Silloth]. Zool., Nov. 1887, xi. 432. 



H. A. Macpherson. Cumberland. 



Dotterel [Eudromias morinellus] in Marshes [of Cumberland ; in reply to 

 F. Boyes]. Field, Nov. 19th, 1887, p. 778. 



H. A. Macpherson. Cumberland. 



Long-tailed Duck [Harelda glaa'alis] on the Solway [six shot on the 



Cumberland coast, Oct. 10th to 22nd, 1887]. Field, Nov. 19th, 1887^.778. 



H. A. Macpherson. Notts. 



Breeding of the Tufted Duck [{Fuligula cristata) ; in Notts, and else- 

 where]. Zool., Dec. 1887, xi. 465. 

 H. A. Macpherson. Cumberland. 



The Autumn Migration of Shore Birds [Squatarola helvetica, Limosa 

 lapponica, Tringa minuta, T. subarquata, unusually abundant on the Solway]. 

 Field, Dec. 3rd, 1887, p. 852. 

 H. A. Macpherson. Cumberland, Northumberland, Yorkshire. 



The Distribution of the Goldfinch [Carduelis elegans] in the British 

 Islands [with notes for Cumberland, Yorkshire, and Northumberland]. 

 Field, Dec. 17th, 1887, p. 944. 

 H. A. Macpherson and W. Duckworth. Cumberland. 



Zoological Record for Cumberland, 1886 [detailed notes on the breeding 

 of Cinclus aquaticus, Dendrocopus major, Spatula, Columba livia, Coturni.x, 



