266 BIBLIOGRAPHY: BIRDS, 1887. 



T. H. Nelson. York N.E. 



Arrival of Woodcock [(Scolopax rusticola) at Redcar, Oct. 9th, 1887 ; 

 Asia brachyotus seen same day]. Field, Oct. 22nd, 1887, p. 613. 



T. H. Nelson. York N.E. 



[Domestic] Pigeon [and Redwing [Turdus ih'acus)] alighting on the 

 ■water [both cases at Redcar]. Field, Nov. 19th, 1887, p. 778. 



T. H. Nelson. York N.E., York S.W., Northumberland. 



Curlew Sandpiper \Tringa subarfuatd] and Little Stint [T. minuta] near 

 Redcar [and in Northumberland and South Yorkshire ; both species in 

 unusual abundance]. Field, Nov. 26th, 1887, p. 829. 



T. H. Nelson. York N.E. 



Long-tailed Ducks [ffareida glacialis] and Scoters [CEdemia nigra and 



CE. fit sea] near Redcar [17 'long-tails' and 93 common and two Velvet 



Scoters killed, the latter two species from immense flocks]. Field, Nov. 



26th, 1887, p. 829. 



T. H. Nelson. York N.E. 



Scoters [CEdemia nigra] as Food [commended and receipt given for successful 

 cooking; also additional details of the Redcar occurrences]. Field, Dec. 3rd, 

 1887, p. 852. 

 [Alfred] Newton. York N.W. or Mid W. 



[Bulweria columbina ; details of the recovery by W. Eagle Clarke and 

 J. Carter of the lost-sight-of Yorkshire specimen which was found dead on 

 the Ure banks near Tanfield in 1837]. Proc. Zool. Soc, Nov. 15th, 1887, 

 p. 562; Field, Nov. 19th, p. 778; Zool., Dec. 1887,. xi. 470; and Nat., 

 May 1888, p. 156. 



Francis Nicholson. Lane. S. 



Fork-tailed Petrel \Procellaria leneorrlwa] at Formby [near Liverpool, 

 Oct. 5th, 1885]. Nat., Feb. 1887, p. 46. 



T. T. Ormerod. York S.W. 



Great Spotted Woodpecker [(Dendroeopus major), shot at Elland, Nov. 

 20th, 1886]. Nat. World, Jan. 1887, iv. 12. 



Geo. Parkin. York S.W. and 'North.' 



Greenshank [Totamis caneseens] and Storm Petrel \Procellaria pelagica] 

 near Wakefield [in Aug. and in Oct. 1886; also female Phasiantts colchicus 

 in male plumage, from North Yorkshire]. Nat., Feb. 1887, p. 45. 



H. J. Robinson Pease. York S.E. 



Puffins [Frateratla arctica] in the Humber in February [1887, near Hessle]. 



Nat., May 1887, p. 138. 



J. Pickin. Cheshire. 



Purple Heron \Ardea purpnired] in Lancashire [i.e., Cheshire; killed near 



Alderley Edge, 7th April, 1887; measurements given]. Zool., Nov. 1887, 



xi. 432. 



Herbert Prodham. York N.E. 



An unrecorded occurrence of the Golden Eagle [Aquila ckrysaetos] in 



Yorkshire [at Helwath, in Harwood Dale, near Scarborough, winter of 



1850-51 ; now in the collection of Mr. Hill, of Thornton]. Nat., March 



1887, p. 84. 



Walter H. S. Pyman. York N.E. 



Occurrence of Common Buzzards [Bttteo vulgaris] near Whitby [a pair 



trapped in Mulgrave Woods this winter]. Nat., May 1887, p. 138. 



R. Ramsay. Cumberland. 



Hooking a Heron [(Ardea cinered) in the Derwent near Cockermouth, with 



trout tackle]. Field, July 2nd, 1887, p. 22. 



Naturalist, 



