268 bibliography: birds, 1887. 



Howard Saunders. Cheviotland, York N.E. 



[Harlequin Duck {Cosnionetta histrionica), young male, shot 2nd Dec, 1886, 

 near the Farnelslands, in company with two others (one afterwards obtained); 

 now in coll. R. W. Chase ; the only other genuine British example is the one 

 obtained at Filey in 1862, and now in coll. J. Whitaker]. Proc. Zool. Soc. , 

 March 15th, 1887, p. 319; Field, March 19th, p. 406; Zool., April, xi. 159. 



Howard Saunders. York S.E., Line. N., Lane. W., Lane. S., Cumbld. 

 The Dotterel [Eitdromias inorinellus\ on Marshes [in Yorkshire, Lincoln- 

 shire, Lancashire, and Cumberland ; quotations from various writers in 

 rebuttal of F. Boyes' criticisms]. Field, Oct. 22nd, 1887, p. 635. 



Howard Saunders. Line. N. 



The Dotterel \Eudromias morinellus\ in Marshes [note in reply to F. Boyes]. 

 Field, Nov. 26th, 1887, p. 829. 



Howard Saunders. York S.E. 



On a Little-known State of Plumage of the Arctic Tern {Sterna 



macrura Naum.) [remarks based on a specimen obtained by W. Eagle Clarke 



at Spurn Head, July 1884]. Nat., Dec. 1887, p. 353. 



Howard Saunders. Cumberland. 



[Saxicola isabellina shot Nov. nth, 1887, near Allonby ; first record for 



Great Britain or Western Europe ; exhibited on behalf of Rev. H. A. Mac- 



pherson]. Proc. Zool. Soc, Dec. 6th, 1887, p. 579; Field, Dec. ioth,p. 907; 



Zool., 



Henry SeebohM. Derbysh., Northbld., 'Lake District,' Cheshire. 



The Geographical Distribution of the Family Charadriidae, or the 



Plovers, Sandpipers, Snipes, and their Allies [the only North of England 

 references in this elaborate monograph are the two following : — (p. 98) Chara- 

 drius pluvialis is abundant in summer from the grouse-moors of Derbyshire 

 northwards ; and (p. 426) Tringa alpina, a few pairs are said still to breed 

 on the Northumberland moors, the mountains of the Lake district, the 

 Cheshire marshes . . .]. ... London: Henry Sotheran & Co. . . . 

 [4to, 524 pages, not dated]. 



H. Seebohm. Cheviotland. 



[The Lesser White-fronted Goose [Anser albifrons minutus) shot on Holy 

 Island, Sep. 1886; first example recorded for Britain of this small form]. 

 Zool., Jan. 1887, xi. 32. 



Robert Service. Cumberland, Westmorland. 



On the Former Existence of Ptarmigan [Lag-opus mutus\ in South-West 

 Scotland [also in Cumberland and Westmorland]. Zool., March 1S87, 

 xi. 81-89. 



Robert Service. Cumberland. 



On the Nesting of the Tufted Duck [Fuligula cristatd\ in Kirkcudbrightshire 



[and its occurrence in Cumberland casually alluded to]. Zool., Sep. 1887, 



xi. 342-344- 



W. W. Shaw. Lane. W. 



Four-legged Rook [(Corvus frugihgus) killed, May 17th, 1887, at Kirkham, 



Lanes.]. Field, May 21st, 1887, p. 702. 



C. C. Smith, Hon. Sec. York Mid W. 



Craven Naturalists' Association [with notes of dates of arrival of Swallow 



(Hirundo rustica), Martin {Chelidon urbica), Redstart (Phanicura ruticilla), 



'Willow Warbler (Salicaria phraginitis)' [sic] and Swift [Cypsehts apus) at 



Skipton]. Nat. World, June 1S87, iv. 113. 



Thomas Stephenson. York N.E. 



Whitby Bird-notes [anent occurrences in Sept. 1886 of Calidris armaria, 

 Totamts calidris, Eitdromias, Procellaria pelagica, and Dendrocoptis major]. 

 Nat., Feb. 1887, p. 46. 



Naturalist, 



