List of Presents. 



415 



1837. Jaw Bone and Teeth of a South Sea Whale, 

 The Skin of a Seal, 

 White Variety of the Mole, 

 A Fox, 



Capt. W. Lisle. 

 Capt. Leisk. 

 Mr. John Bulman. 

 A Lady. 



1331. 



August. 



1832. 

 March. 



May. 



1833. 



BIRDS. 

 Specimen of the young Whinchat ( Saxicola rubetra), 



2 specimens of the Little Tern, immature ( Sterna 

 minutaj, 



Specimen of the Turnstone ( Strepsilis collaris), and 

 of the Ring Dottrell ( Charadrius Hiaticula) ; also 

 the Eggs of five species of British Birds, viz., of the 

 Purple Heron ( Ardea purpurea), the Thick-kneed 

 Plover ( (Edicnemus crepitans ) , Reed Wren (Sylvia 

 armaria), Nightingale (Sylvia luscinia) Black 

 (Sterna nigra), and 2 Tern specimens of the San- 

 derling ( Calidris arenaria), 



Specimen of the Female Kestril ( Falco Tinnunculus ) , 



A fine specimen of the Short-eared Owl (Strix 



brachyotus), 

 21 species of South American Birds (18 new to the 



Society's Collection), 



Egg of an Emu, laid in Gosforth Woods, by one in the 

 possession of the Rev. R. H. Brandling, 



Specimen of the Water Hen ( Gallinula chloropus), 



Specimen of the Honey Buzzard (Falco apivorus), 

 shot on the chimney of the engine of Shotley Bridge 

 Paper Mill, 



2 specimens of the Arctic Gull ( Laurus parasiticus ) , 

 2 of the Black Guillemot (Uria Grylle), 2 of the 

 Stormy Petrel ( Procellaria pelagica ) , and 1 of the 

 Sheerwater Petrel (Procellaria Anglorum), 



1 specimen of the Pintail Duck (Anas acuta), 



1 specimen of the Razor Bill (Alca Torda), 



Seventeen Species of British Birds and two of foreign 

 ditto ; among the former is a fine Male Specimen 

 of the Little Bittern (Ardea minuta), shot near 

 Blagdon, Northumberland, from which the figure in 

 " Bewick's Birds" was drawn, 



2 specimens of the Longtailed Titmouse (Parus cau- 



datus). 



Pigmy Curlew (Tringa subarquata), 



2 specimens of the Rock Manakin ( Pipra rupicola), 

 and 2 of the Siskin (Fringilla Spinas), 



Mr. Dennis Emble- 

 ton. 



Mr. W. Backhouse. 

 Mr.G. C.Atkinson. 



Mr. Cooper Abbs. 

 Rev. Robt. Green. 



Capt. Cook, 

 ton Hall. 



New- 



II. 



The Rev. R. 



Brandling. 

 Mr.W.C.Hewitson 

 Mr. Jos. Annandale 



Messrs. George C. 

 Atkinson, and E. 

 James. 



Mr. E. Backhouse, 



jun. 

 Mr. Charles Fryer. 



Sir M. W. Ridlev, 

 Bart., M. P. 



Mr. W. Hare, 

 Scotswood. 



Thos. Pemberton, 

 Esq. 



Mr. W C. Hewit- 



son. 



